Development of 3-D detector system for positron CT

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 717-720

  Shimizu, K ^a   Ohmura, T ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Uchida, H ^a   Yamashita, T ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TUBES, PHOTOMULTIPLIER; GAMMA RAYS - ABSORPTION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

BISMUTH GERMANATE PILLARS; CRYSTAL GEOMETRY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); POSITRON-SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 84939007238     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.12818     Document Type: Article

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