Performance study of a PET detector module based on a continuous scintillator

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2536-2542

  Bruyndonckx, P ^a   Leonard S ^a   Lemaitre C ^a   Tavernier, S ^a   Wu, Y ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

APD; Continuous scintillator; PET; Statistical positioning method

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOSPHORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BLOCK THICKNESS; DETECTOR MODULES; PHOTONS IMPINGING; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 33750388720     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.882799     Document Type: Article

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