System design of a small OpenPET prototype with 4-layer DOI detectors

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-97

  Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Kinouchi, Shoko ^b   Tashima, Hideaki ^a   Nishikido, Fumihiko ^a   Inadama, Naoko ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^a   Yamaya, Taiga ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Detector; DOI; In beam PET; PET

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858863223     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: 18650341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-011-0142-1     Document Type: Article

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