Design and prototyping of a human brain PET scanner based on monolithic scintillators

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2798-2800

  Mendes, P Rato ^a   Alberdi, J ^a   Canadas M ^a   De Acilu, P García ^a   Navarrete, J ^a   Nunez L ^b   Perez, J M ^a   Romero, L ^a   Sarasola, I ^a   Willmott, C ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA READOUT; DETECTOR CONCEPTS; HUMAN BRAIN; PET SCANNER; SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS;

BRAIN; DATA HANDLING; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SCANNING; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 79960288935     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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