Observation of fast scintillation of cryogenic PbI2 with VLPCs

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 II, 2004, Pages 2533-2536

  Moses, W W ^a   Choong, W S ^a   Derenzo, S E ^a   Bross, A D ^b   Dysert, R ^b   Rykalin, V V ^c   Shah, K S ^d   Klugerman, M ^d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Northern Illinois   (United States)

^d RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic lead iodide (pbi2); Positron emission tomography (pet); Time of flight; Visible light photon counter (vlpc)

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CRYOGENICS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SCINTILLATION;

CRYOGENIC LEAD IODIDE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); TIME OF FLIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTON COUNTERS (VLPC);

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 8344253748     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.835772     Document Type: Article

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