Factors influencing timing resolution in a commercial LSO PET camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-85

  Moses, W W ^a,b   Ullisch, M ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

LSO; PET; Time of flight; Timing resolution

Indexed keywords

PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE (PMT); SCINTILLATION LIGHT; TIME-OF-FLIGHT; TIMING RESOLUTION;

CAMERAS; CRYSTALS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

EID: 33645674802     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862980     Document Type: Article

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