Monte Carlo modeling of scintillator crystal performance for stratified PET detectors with DETECT2000

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 624-628

  Cayouette, François ^a,b   Moisan, Christian ^c   Zhang, Nan ^a,b   Thompson, Christopher J ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DETECT2000; Monte Carlo simulations; Multilayers scintillation crystals; Position sensitive photomultiplier tubes; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

POSITION-SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; SCINTILLATOR CRYSTAL;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADIATION DETECTORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036624294     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039539     Document Type: Article

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