Wavelets-based crystal identification of phoswich detectors for small-animal PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 930-935

  Semmaoui, Hicham ^b   Viscogliosi, Nicolas ^b   Fontaine, Réjean ^a,b   Lecomte, Roger ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystal identification; LabPET scanner; Phoswich detector; Small animal PET; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ASTROPHYSICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DETECTORS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POWDERS; SCANNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANALYSIS THEORY; AND REAL TIME; CRYSTAL IDENTIFICATION; DIGITAL ELECTRONICS; DIGITAL METHODS; ELECTRONIC ARCHITECTURES; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; NOVE L APPROACH; PET SCANNERS; PHOSWICH DETECTORS; PIXELIZATION; SCINTILLATION CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL-ANIMAL PET;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BOTTLES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA STORAGE; DETECTORS; DIGITAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRONICS; EMISSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTODIODES; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; POWDER; SCANNERS; SCANNING;

EID: 45849112571     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.924081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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