A CdTe detector for hyperspectral SPECT imaging

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Scuffham, J W ^a,b   Wilson, M D ^c   Seller, P ^c   Veale, M C ^c   Sellin, P J ^b   Jacquesd, S D M ^d   Cernik, R J ^d  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary CT angiography (CTA); Gamma camera; PET PET CT; Pixelated detectors and associated VLSI electronics; Solid state detectors; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHIES; GAMMA CAMERAS; SOLID STATE DETECTORS; SPECT; VLSI ELECTRONICS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; PIXELS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866321485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/08/P08027     Document Type: Article

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