Improving the intrinsic spatial resolution performance of the continuous miniature crystal element (cMiCE) detector

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 4308-4313

  Ling, Tao ^a,c   Lewellen, Tom K ^a,b   Miyaoka, Robert S ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Washington Mutual   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous crystal; High spatial resolution; PET detector; Statistics based positioning

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTO-DIODES; COMPTON SCATTER; CONTINUOUS CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL ELEMENTS; FLAT-PANEL PMT; GAMMA INTERACTIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LIGHT SENSORS; LOOK-UP-TABLES; MICRO-PIXEL; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEW DESIGN; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PET DETECTOR; PHOTOELECTRIC ABSORPTION; POSITIONING PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL CHANNELS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION SR); STATISTICS-BASED POSITIONING;

ABSORPTION; AVALANCHE DIODES; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COMPTON SCATTERING; DETECTORS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POWDERS; RAY TRACING; SENSORS; SNOW;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48149086407     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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