Theoretical considerations of a new electronically collimated gamma camera utilizing gas scintillation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 767, Issue , 1987, Pages 84-89

  Fujieda, Ichiro ^a   Perez Mendez, V ^b  

^a SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; GERMANIUM; IODINE COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SCINTILLATION; SODIUM IODIDE;

GAMMA CAMERAS; GAS SCINTILLATION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS; MULTI-WIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; MULTIPLE VIEWS; POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84939771038     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.966984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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