A depth-encoding anger detector using scintillating fibers

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4 II, 2001, Pages 1397-1402

  Matthews II, Kenneth L ^a,b   Leonard, Scott M ^b   Ordonez, Caesar E ^b   Persyk, Dennis E ^a,c   Chang, Wei ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coincidence imaging; Depth of interaction (DOI); Parallax error; Wavelength shifting scintillating fibers

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

COINCIDENCE IMAGING; DEPTH ENCODING ANGER DETECTOR; DEPTH OF INTERACTION; PARALLAX ERROR; WAVELENGTH-SHIFTING SCINTILLATING FIBERS;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0035428576     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.958364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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