A novel method to calibrate DOI function of a PET detector with a dual-ended-scintillator readout

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5829-5840

  Shao, Yiping ^a   Yao, Rutao ^b   Ma, Tianyu ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction; Detector calibration; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CRYSTALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; DETECTOR CALIBRATION; RADIATION INTERACTIONS; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS; SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS; SCINTILLATOR READOUT; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATOR; DUAL ENDED SCINTILLATOR READOUT; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 56749169539     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3021118     Document Type: Article

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