Effects of the super Bialkali photocathode on the performance characteristics of a position-sensitive depth-of-interaction PET detector module

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5 PART 1, 2010, Pages 2437-2441

  Vaquero, Juan J ^a   Udílas, José M ^b   Seidel, Jurgen ^c,d   España, Samuel ^b   Desco, Manuel ^a,e  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gamma ray detector; PET; photomultiplier

Indexed keywords

BI-ALKALI PHOTOCATHODES; BIALKALI; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GAMMA RAY DETECTOR; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PET; PET DETECTORS; PHOSWICH; POSITION SENSITIVE; PRODUCTION LINE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS; STANDARD FACTORY;

GAMMA RAYS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

DETECTORS;

EID: 79953820559     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2052367     Document Type: Article

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