Energy calibration of individual crystals in a LYSO pixelated array for microPET detection modules using Voronoi diagrams

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 596, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 384-389

  Alva Sanchez H ^a   Martinez Davalos A ^a   Moreno Barbosa, E ^a   Hernandez Reyes B ^a   Murrieta, T ^a   Ruiz Trejo, C ^a   Brandan, M E ^a   Rodriguez Villafuerte M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

LYSO; MicroPET; PS PMT H8500; Voronoi

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POWDERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIES; CRYSTAL REGIONS; DATA ANALYSIS; DETECTION MODULES; DETECTOR MODULES; EFFICIENT; ENERGY CALIBRATIONS; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; ENERGY WINDOWS; IMAGE DISTORTIONS; LYSO; LYSO CRYSTALS; ME-XICO; MICROPET; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; PILE-UP; PS-PMT H8500; SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS; VORONOI; VORONOI DIAGRAMS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 54549117916     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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