Factors influencing time resolution of scintillators and ways to improve them

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5 PART 1, 2010, Pages 2411-2416

  Lecoq, P ^a   Auffray, E ^a   Brunner, S ^a   Hillemanns, H ^a   Jarron, P ^a   Knapitsch, A ^a   Meyer, T ^a   Powolny, F ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerenkov; PET; photonic crystal; photostatistics; time of flight; timing resolution

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV; PET; PHOTOSTATISTICS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIMING RESOLUTION;

ALUMINUM COATINGS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LIGHT; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTIMIZATION; PEROVSKITE; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICATES; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 79953810260     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2049860     Document Type: Article

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