Basic performance of a large area PET detector with a monolithic scintillator

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-139

  Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Inadama, Naoko ^a   Osada, Hiroto ^b   Kawai, Hideyuki ^b   Nishikido, Fumihiko ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^a   Tsuda, Tomoaki ^c   Yamaya, Taiga ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Detector; PET

Indexed keywords

LUTETIUM YTTRIUM ORTHOSILICATE; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT OUTPUT; MONOLITH SCINTILLATOR; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY DETECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; SCINTILLATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REFRACTOMETRY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 79960461188     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: 18650341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-011-0112-7     Document Type: Article

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