Comparison of four depth-encoding PET detector modules with wavelength shifting (WLS) and optical fiber read-out

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1829-1842

  Du, Huini ^a   Yang, Yongfeng ^a   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; READOUT SYSTEMS; SILICATES; WAVELENGTH;

DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); ENERGY RESOLUTION; OXYORTHOSILICATE ARRAYS; WAVELENGTH SHIFTING (WLS);

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

GLASS FIBER; LUTETIUM; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CRYSTAL; ELECTRONICS; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SCINTILLATION;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT; LUTETIUM; MICE; OPTICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SILICATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42449159363     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/7/002     Document Type: Article

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