Characterization of a high-resolution hybrid DOI detector for a dedicated breast PET/CT scanner

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3435-3449

  Godinez, Felipe ^a   Chaudhari, Abhijit J ^b   Yang, Yongfeng ^a   Farrell, Richard ^c   Badawi, Ramsey D ^a,b  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; AVERAGE ENERGY; BEAM WIDTHS; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION DETECTORS; DESIGN AND TESTS; DETECTOR DESIGN; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LUTETIUM ORTHOSILICATE; PET/CT SCANNERS; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; REFLECTIVE MATERIALS; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

SCANNING;

DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; SCINTISCANNING; TIME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861130699     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/11/3435     Document Type: Article

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