Evaluation of a 1024 anodes micro-channel plate PMT for preclinical PET imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5 PART 1, 2010, Pages 2442-2447

  Brasse, D ^a   Wurtz, J ^a   Salvador, S ^a   Imhoff, M ^a   Humbert, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; micro channel plate PMT; performance evaluation; PET imaging

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; ACTIVE FIELD; ANODE CURRENTS; CHARGE SHARING; COMPACT SIZE; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; DETECTION MODULES; FLAT PANEL; HIGH GAIN; INNER DIAMETERS; INSTRUMENTATION; LYSO:CE; MATRIX; MCP-PMT; MICRO CHANNEL PLATE; MICRO-CHANNEL PLATE PMT; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PET IMAGING; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

ANODES; CHEMICAL DETECTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INSTRUMENTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

IMAGE STORAGE TUBES;

EID: 79953832503     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2056384     Document Type: Article

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