Performance assessment of pixelated LaBr3 detector modules for TOF PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3402-3406

  Kuhn, A ^a   Surti, S ^a   Karp, J S ^a   Muehllehner, G ^b   Newcomer, F M ^a   VanBerg, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ENERGY RESOLUTION; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT-RATE (NEC); PULSE SHAPING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 23844518106     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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