Calibration procedure for a DOI detector of high resolution PET through mixture Gaussian model

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2491-2495

  Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Kimura, Yuichi ^b   Kitamura, Keishi ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CRYSTAL ELEMENT; CRYSTAL IDENTIFICATION; DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); GAUSSIAN MODEL;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11844261493     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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