Influence of sensor arrangements and scintillator crystal properties on the 3D precision of monolithic scintillation detectors in PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 3018-3021

  Ojala, Peter ^a,b   Bousselham, Abdelkader ^a   Eriksson, Lars ^a,c   Brahme, Anders ^a   Bohm, Christian ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TABLE LOOKUP;

CRYSTAL BLOCKS; FISCHER INFORMATION; MONOLITHIC (LSO) CRYSTAL; MONOLITHIC SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 33846388673     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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