Positron emission tomography (PET) detectors with depth-of- interaction (DOI) capability

Biomedical Engineering Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 70-81

  Ito, Mikiko ^a,c   Hong, Seong Jong ^b   Lee, Jae Sung ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction (DOI); Dual ended readout; Multi layer detector; Positron emission tomography (PET); Single ended readout

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862895366     PISSN: 20939868     EISSN: 2093985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13534-011-0019-6     Document Type: Review

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