Development of a Monte Carlo simulation for APD based PET detectors using continuous scintillation crystal

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2591-2595

  Clowes, Peter ^a   McCallum, Stephen ^a   Welch, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION;

LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PARENT DATASETS (PDS); POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; STATISTICS BASED POSITIONING (SBD);

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 23844442251     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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