Time-of-flight positron emission tomography using liquid xenon scintillation

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 569, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 863-871

  Doke, T ^a   Kikuchi, J ^a   Nishikido, F ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystal PET; Energy resolution; Liquid xenon; Position resolution; Reconstructed image; Scintillation; Time of Flight Positron Emission Tomography (TOF PET); Timing resolution; UV sensitive Photomultiplier (PMT)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCINTILLATION; XENON;

ENERGY RESOLUTION; LIQUID XENON; POSITION RESOLUTION; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGES; TIMING RESOLUTION; UV SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER (PMT);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33751306798     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.067     Document Type: Article

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