Depth of γ-ray interaction within continuous crystals from the width of its scintillation light-distribution

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 560-572

  Lerche, Christoph Werner ^a   Benlloch, J M ^a   Sanchez F ^a   Pavon N ^a   Escat, B ^a   Gimenez E N ^a   Fernandez M ^a   Torres, I ^a   Gimenez M ^a   Sebastia A ^b   Martinez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuous scintillator; Depth of interaction (DOI); DPC readout; Gamma detector; Light distribution; Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESISTORS;

CONTINUOUS SCINTILLATORS; DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); DPC READOUT; GAMMA DETECTORS; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 23844483187     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.851424     Document Type: Article

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