Improvement of noise equivalent count rate using Compton kinematics in a Compton PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3911-3915

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton PET; Monte Carlo simulation; Noise equivalent count rate (NECR); Timing performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SILICON;

COMPTON KINEMATICS; COMPTON PET; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATE (NECR); TIMING PERFORMANCE;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844461527     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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