Optimization of crystal arrangement on 8-layer DOI PET detector

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3082-3085

  Inadama, Naoko ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^a   Tsuda, Tomoaki ^a   Nishikido, Fumihiko ^a   Shibuya, Kengo ^a   Yamaya, Taiga ^a   Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Takahashi, Kei ^b   Ohmura, Atsushi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE CODING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

4-LAYER DOI ENCODING; 8-LAYER DOI DETECTORS; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION (DOI); ENERGY RESOLUTION;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 38549181859     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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