Compton scatter and X-ray crosstalk and the use of very thin intercrystal septa in high-resolution PET detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 218-224

  Levin, Craig S ^a   Tornai, Martin P ^a   Cherry, Simon R ^a   MacDonald, Lawrence R ^a   Huffman, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton scatter; Detector crosstalk; Intercrystal septa; PET detectors; Scintillation crystals; X ray escape

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOSPHORS; X RAYS;

COMPTON SCATTERING; INTERCRYSTAL SEPTA; X RAY CROSSTALK;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031122154     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.568809     Document Type: Article

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