Ultra-high resolution LYSO PQS-SSS heptahedron blocks for low-cost MuPET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3 PART 1, 2011, Pages 626-633

  Ramirez, Rocio A ^a   An, Shaohui ^a   Liu, Shitao ^a   Zhang, Yuxuan ^a   Li, Hongdi ^a   Baghaei, Hossain ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Wong, Wai Hoi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector ring; heptahedron blocks; lutetium yttrium orthosilicate (LYSO); murine PET; photomultiplier quadrant sharing; PMT quadrant sharing (PQS); positron emission tomography (PET) detectors; SSS

Indexed keywords

HEPTAHEDRON BLOCKS; LUTETIUM YTTRIUM ORTHOSILICATE (LYSO); MURINE PET; PHOTOMULTIPLIER-QUADRANT-SHARING; PMT-QUADRANT-SHARING; POSITRON EMISSION; SSS;

CERIUM; DETECTORS; GALLIUM; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959379703     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2127486     Document Type: Article

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