Development of PET detectors using monolithic scintillation crystals processed with sub-surface laser engraving technique

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5 PART 1, 2010, Pages 2455-2459

  Moriya, T ^a   Fukumitsu, K ^a   Sakai, T ^a   Ohsuka, S ^a   Okamoto, T ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Yamashita, T ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser materials processing applications; nuclear imaging; positron emission tomography; scintillation detectors

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ENERGY; CRYSTAL ARRAYS; FOCAL POINTS; FOCUSED LASER; LASER ENGRAVING; LYSO CRYSTALS; MULTI-PHOTON ABSORPTION; MULTI-PIXEL PHOTON COUNTERS; ND : YAG LASERS; NUCLEAR IMAGING; PET DETECTORS; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; PROCESSING APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES; SHORT DURATIONS; SUB-SURFACES;

CRACKS; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; ETCHING; GAMMA RAYS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 79953832659     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2056387     Document Type: Article

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