Effect of number of readout channels on the intrinsic spatial resolution performance of a continuous miniature crystal element (cMiCE) detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1561-1567

  Miyaoka, Robert S ^a,b   Ling, Tao ^a,c   Lewellen, Tom K ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous crystal; High spatial resolution; PET detector; Statistics based positioning

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL DETECTORS; CONTINUOUS CRYSTALS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICS BASED POSITIONING; THICK CRYSTALS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; POSITION CONTROL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; READOUT SYSTEMS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 35349029004     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.905164     Document Type: Article

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