Comparative study using Monte Carlo methods of the radiation detection efficiency of LSO, LuAP, GSO and YAP scintillators for use in positron emission imaging (PET)

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

Volumn 569, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 350-354

  Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Kandarakis, Ioannis ^a   Tsantilas, Xenophon ^b   Valais, Ioannis ^a   Cavouras, Dionisios ^a   Louizi, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; PET imaging; Radiation detectors; Scintillators

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; FLUORESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CRYSTAL THICKNESS; FLUORESCENCE RADIATION; PET IMAGING; PHOTON TRANSPORT;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 33751401688     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.08.033     Document Type: Article

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