Timing resolution and decay time of LSO crystals co-doped with calcium

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1329-1334

  Szczȩśniak, Tomasz ^a   Moszyński, Marek ^a   Syntfeld Kazuch, Agnieszka ^a   Świderski, Łukasz ^a   Koschan, Merry A Spurrier ^b   Melcher, Chuck L ^b  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay time; Fast timing; LSO scintillator; Time offlight pet

Indexed keywords

CALCULATED VALUES; CO-DOPANTS; CO-DOPED; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DECAY TIME; DECAY TIME CONSTANT; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; FAST TIMING; GAMMA SOURCE; LIGHT OUTPUT; LSO CRYSTALS; LSO SCINTILLATOR; SINGLE PHOTONS; TIME RESOLUTION; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; DECAY (ORGANIC); DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SODIUM; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CALCIUM;

EID: 77953946454     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2035620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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