Inter-crystal scatter in a dual layer, high resolution LSO-APD positron emission tomograph

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 821-848

  Rafecas, M ^a   Boning G ^b   Pichler, B J ^a   Lorenz, E ^b   Schwaiger, M ^a   Ziegler, S I ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALS; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KINEMATICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SCATTERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DETECTOR MODULES; INTER-CRYSTAL SCATTER (ICS);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPTON EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; KINEMATICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUTETIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICATES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0242515966     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/7/302     Document Type: Article

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