Clinical count rate performance of an LSO PET/CT scanner utilizing a new front-end electronics architecture with sub-nanosecond intrinsic timing resolution

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2182-2185

  Carney, J P J ^a   Townsend, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer imaging; Multi modality; PET CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOSPHORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TUMORS;

CANCER IMAGING; CLINICAL PERFORMANCES; LUTETIUM ORTHOSILICATE (LSO) SCINTILLATORS; MULTI-MODALITY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; EVALUATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33750693411     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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