Maximum-likelihood estimation of 3D event position in monolithic scintillation crystals: Experimental results

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3691-3694

  Moore, S K ^a,b   Hunter, W C J ^a,b   Furenlid, L R ^a,b   Barrett, H H ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction (DOI); Emission tomography; Gamma camera; Gamma ray; Maximum likelihood; Monolithic scintillation crystal; PET; SPECT

Indexed keywords

BLOCK CODES; CAMERAS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; STARS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY CAMERAS;

DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA CAMERA; GAMMA RAY; MONOLITHIC SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL; PET; SPECT;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 48349084916     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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