Count rate analysis of PET scanner designs based on a GSO depth of interaction detector with a large-area PS-PMT

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2218-2222

  Kitamura, Keishi ^a,b   Amano, Masaharu ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^c  

^a SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Natl Institute for Nuclear Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Count rate performance; Depth of interaction (DOI); Monte Carlo simulation; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS;

COUNT RATE ANALYSIS; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION; FIELD OF VIEW;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036816145     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.803868     Document Type: Article

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