Evaluation of machine learning algorithms for localization of photons in undivided scintillator blocks for PET detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 918-924

  Bruyndonckx, Peter ^a   Lemaître, Cedric ^a   Van Der Laan, D J ^b   Maas, Marnix ^b   Schaart, Dennis ^b   Yonggang, Wang ^c   Li, Zhi ^a   Krieguer, M ^a   Tavernier, Stefaan ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Monolithic scintillator; Neural network; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC METHOD (AM); ERROR BACK-PROPAGATION (EBP); INCIDENCE ANGLES; LEVENBERG MARQUARDT (LM) TRAINING; LIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PET DETECTORS; POSITION INFORMATION; SCINTILLATOR BLOCKS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES ((SVM)); TRAINED NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 45849139394     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.922811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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