First PET imaging results with continuous LYSO crystals and monolithic, 64-pixel SiPM matrices

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3376-3379

  Llosá, Gabriela ^a   Barrio, John ^a   Cabello, Jorge ^a   Lacasta, Carlos ^a   Rafecas, Magdalena ^a   Barrillon, Pierre ^b   Bondil Blin, Sylvie ^b   De La Taille, Christophe ^b   Piemonte, Claudio ^c   Ambrosi, Giovanni ^d   Azzarello, Philipp ^d   Bisogni, Maria Giuseppina ^e   Del Guerra, Alberto ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c ITC IRST   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR HEADS; LYSO CRYSTALS; PET IMAGING; PET SCANNER; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SMALL ANIMAL PET; TOMOGRAPHS;

CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PIXELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 79960332744     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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