Investigation of the intrinsic spatial resolution of an intensified EMCCD scintillation camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2508-2517

  Meng, L J ^a   Fu, G ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensified EMCCD camera; Pinhole SPECT; Ultra high spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EXPERIMENTS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGE SENSORS; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; STARS; X RAY CAMERAS;

ACTIVE AREAS; CENTROIDING; COUPLED DEVICES; DETECTOR CONFIGURATIONS; DETECTOR RESOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAMMA CAMERAS; GAMMA RAY; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INTENSIFIED EMCCD CAMERA; INTRINSIC RESOLUTIONS; LOW READOUT NOISES; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; PINHOLE SPECT; SCINTILLATION CAMERAS; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SPECT IMAGING; ULTRA-HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CAMERAS;

EID: 57849135086     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2004278     Document Type: Article

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