Monolithic LaBr 3:Ce crystals on silicon photomultiplier arrays for time-of-flight positron emission tomography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2219-2233

  Seifert, Stefan ^a   Van Dam, Herman T ^a   Huizenga, Jan ^a   Vinke, Ruud ^b   Dendooven, Peter ^b   Löhner, Herbert ^b   Schaart, Dennis R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ARRAYS; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION INFORMATIONS; EDGE EFFECT; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; MANUFACTURING COST; PHOTON CAPTURE; POSITION ESTIMATES; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEST BEAM; TIME OF FLIGHT;

DETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

BROMIDE; CERIUM; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM BROMIDE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

BROMIDES; CERIUM; LANTHANUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SILICON;

EID: 84859345932     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/8/2219     Document Type: Article

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