Effect of inter-crystal compton scatter on efficiency and image noise in small animal PET module

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2272-2277

  Park, Sang June ^a   Rogers, W L ^a   Clinthorne, Neal H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coincidence line response function (CLRF); Electron Gamma Shower code (EGS4); Inter crystal Compton scatter; MicroPET

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCATTERING; SCINTILLATION;

COINCIDENCE LINE RESPONSE FUNCTION (CLRF); ELECTRON-GAMMA SHOWER CODE (EGS4); INTER-CRYSTAL COMPTON SCATTER; MICROPET;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 11844282781     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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