Development of a compact and high spatial resolution gamma camera system using LaBr3(Ce)

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 622, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 261-269

  Yamamoto, Seiichi ^a   Imaizumi, Masao ^b   Shimosegawa, Eku ^b   Hatazawa, Jun ^b  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma camera; High resolution; LaBr3(Ce)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CASE; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; DETECTOR SURFACES; EMISSION IMAGES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; FIELD OF VIEWS; GAMMA CAMERA SYSTEMS; GAMMA CAMERAS; GAMMA PHOTONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LABR3(CE); LIGHT OUTPUT; LOW ENERGIES; PINHOLE COLLIMATORS; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; SINGLE PHOTONS; SLIT MASK; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ANIMALS; CAMERAS; CERIUM; DETECTORS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT; PARTICLE BEAMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; PINHOLE CAMERAS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TUNGSTEN;

CERIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77956474725     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.038     Document Type: Article

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