Timing resolution improved by DOI information in an LYSO TOF-PET detector

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3678-3680

  Shibuya, Kengo ^a,b   Nishikido, Fumihiko ^b   Inadama, Naoko ^b   Yoshida, Eiji ^b   Lam, Chihfung ^b   Tsuda, Tomoaki ^b,c   Yamaya, Taiga ^b   Murayama, Hideo ^b  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATION DETECTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME MEASUREMENT; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANNIHILATION RADIATIONS; DOI INFORMATIONS; PATH LENGTHS; PET DETECTORS; POSITRON EMISSIONS; PROPAGATION SPEEDS; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SCINTILLATION PHOTONS; TIME OF FLIGHTS; TIMING DELAYS; TIMING ERRORS; TIMING RESOLUTIONS; UPPER LAYERS; ZIGZAG PATHS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 48349112834     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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