Timing calibration in PET using a time alignment probe

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2660-2665

  Moses, W W ^a,b   Thompson, C J ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Positron emission tomography (PET); Timing

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION FACTORS; DETECTOR MODULES; SCANWELL TIME ALIGNMENT PROBE; TIMING DIFFERENCE;

CAMERAS; ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBES; RADIATION DETECTORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750390893     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.882797     Document Type: Article

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