Study of a high-resolution, 3D positioning cadmium zinc telluride detector for PET

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1563-1584

  Gu, Y ^a,b   Matteson, J L ^c   Skelton, R T ^c   Deal, A C ^c   Stephan, E A ^c   Duttweiler, F ^c   Gasaway, T M ^c   Levin, C S ^a,b,d  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D COORDINATES; 3D POSITIONING; CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE DETECTORS; CHARGE COLLECTION; COLLIMATED BEAMS; CROSS-STRIP; DETECTOR CONCEPTS; ELECTRONIC COLLIMATION; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; FRONT END ELECTRONICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION PET; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; SINGLE-ANODE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ANODES; CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; DETECTORS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; Z TRANSFORMS; ZINC;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CADMIUM; CDZNTE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TELLURIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CADMIUM; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TELLURIUM; ZINC;

EID: 79952957513     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/6/004     Document Type: Article

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