Depth of interaction decoding of a continuous crystal detector module

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2213-2228

  Ling, T ^a   Lewellen, T K ^b   Miyaoka, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; STATISTICS;

CRYSTAL DETECTORS; DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); PHOTOMULTIPLIER CHANNELS; STATISTICS BASED POSITIONING (SBP);

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHM; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; GAMMA RADIATION; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 34147139307     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/8/012     Document Type: Article

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