A simulation study on optically decoding reflecting windows for PMT quadrant sharing a scintillation detector block

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2557-2562

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

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Block detector; Light sharing; Positron emission tomography (PET); Simulation

Indexed keywords

BLOCK DETECTORS; DECODING REFLECTORS; LIGHT-SHARING;

DECODING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 33750418197     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.878007     Document Type: Article

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