A central positron source to perform the timing alignment of detectors in a PET scanner

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1300-1304

  Thompson, Christopher J ^a,b   Camborde, Marie Laure ^a,c   Casey, Michael E ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TRIUMF   (Canada)

^d CPS Innovations   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Central source; Positron emission tomography; Time of flight; Timing alliance

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL SOURCE; GAMMA RAY DETECTORS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIMING ALLIANCE;

CALIBRATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ERRORS; ISOTOPES; PHOSPHORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 23844544373     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.858234     Document Type: Article

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