An instantaneous photomultiplier tube gain-tuning method for PET or gamma camera detectors using an LED network

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1295-1299

  Li, Hongdi ^a,b   Liu, Yaqiang ^a,b   Xing, Tao ^a,b   Wang, Yu ^a,b   Uribe, Jorge ^a,b   Baghaei, Hossain ^a,b   Xie, Shuping ^a,b   Kim, Soonseok ^a,b   Ramirez, Rocio ^a,b   Wong, Wai Hoi ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Light emitting diode (LED); Photo multiplier tube (PMT); Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

GAIN-TUNING METHOD; PATIENT LOAD; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 29144491488     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.858233     Document Type: Article

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