Development of a high-resolution Si-PM-based gamma camera system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 7555-7567

  Yamamoto, Seiichi ^a   Watabe, Hiroshi ^b   Kanai, Yasukazu ^b   Imaizumi, Masao ^b   Watabe, Tadashi ^b   Shimosegawa, Eku ^b   Hatazawa, Jun ^b  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK SIZES; COMBINED SYSTEM; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GAMMA CAMERA SYSTEMS; GAMMA CAMERAS; GAMMA PHOTONS; HIGH GAIN; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIGHT GUIDES; LIGHT OUTPUT; MATRIX; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTI-PIXEL PHOTON COUNTERS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PARALLEL HOLE COLLIMATORS; POINT SOURCES; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SINGLE-PHOTON IMAGING; SMALL ANIMAL; SMALL SIZE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; TWO DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES;

CAMERAS;

SILICON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GAMMA CAMERA; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUSE; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; GAMMA CAMERAS; MICE; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SILICON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 81355133277     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/23/014     Document Type: Article

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