Resolution Uniformity and Sensitivity of the NIH ATLAS Small Animal PET Scanner: Comparison to Simulated LSO Scanners Without Depth-of-Interaction Capability

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1347-1350

  Seidel, Jürgen ^a   Vaquero, Juan José ^a,b   Green, Michael V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction; Phoswich detectors; Positron emission tomography (PET); Small animal PET

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SCANNING;

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0142063381     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.817282     Document Type: Article

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