Concept verification of three-layer DOI detectors for small animal PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 912-917

  Hong, Seong Jong ^a   Kwon, Sun Il ^a   Ito, Mikiko ^b   Lee, Geon Song ^a   Sim, Kwang Souk ^b   Park, Kwang Suk ^a   Rhee, June Tak ^c   Lee, Jae Sung ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Animal PET; Depth of interaction (DOI); Lutetium gadolinium oxyorthosilicate (LGSO); Three layer crystal

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POWDERS;

DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION (DOI); DOI DETECTORS; LAYER CONFIGURATION; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION (PSD); SMALL ANIMAL PET SCANNERS; SMALL-ANIMAL PET; SPATIAL RESOLUTION (SR);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BOTTLES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; EMISSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; POWDER; RESOLUTION; SCANNERS; SENSITIVITY; SIMULATION; SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45849125819     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.920258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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