A Monte Carlo simulation study on detector arrangement for a small bore DOI-PET scanner: JPET-RD

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3018-3021

  Kobayashi, Tetsuya ^b   Yamaya, Taiga ^c   Takahashi, Hisashi ^b   Kitamura, Keishi ^d   Hasegawa, Tomoyuki ^e   Murayama, Hideo ^a,c   Suga, Mikio ^b  

^a IEEE

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANODE SEGMENTATION; DETECTOR BLOCKS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 38549167122     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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