Intrinsic spatial resolution evaluation of the X'tal cube PET detector based on a 3D crystal block segmented by laser processing

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-27

  Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Tashima, Hideaki ^a   Inadama, Naoko ^a   Nishikido, Fumihiko ^a   Moriya, Takahiro ^b   Omura, Tomohide ^b   Watanabe, Mitsuo ^b   Murayama, Hideo ^a   Yamaya, Taiga ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Detector; DOI; PET

Indexed keywords

SODIUM 22;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GAMMA RADIATION; LASER; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SCINTILLATION; X TAL TUBE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY DETECTOR;

IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84873177425     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: 18650341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-012-0167-0     Document Type: Article

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