A handy time alignment probe for timing calibration of PET scanners

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

Volumn 599, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-117

  Bergeron, Mélanie ^a   Pepin, Catherine M ^a   Arpin, Louis ^b   Leroux, Jean Daniel ^b   Tétrault, Marc André ^b   Viscogliosi, Nicolas ^b   Fontaine, Réjean ^b   Lecomte, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

PET; Small animal imaging; Timing resolution

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CALIBRATION; DETECTORS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ACQUISITION TIMES; ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; EASE OF USES; GLASS CONTAINERS; LGSO CRYSTALS; LIQUID SCINTILLATIONS; OPTIMAL TIMINGS; PET; PET SCANNERS; POSITRON DETECTIONS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; RANDOM EVENTS; SCINTILLATION DECAY TIMES; SHORT-COMINGS; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; TIME ALIGNMENTS; TIME OFFSETS; TIME STAMPS; TIME WINDOWS; TIMING CALIBRATIONS; TIMING RESOLUTION; TRANSPORT REGULATIONS;

SCANNING;

EID: 58149187884     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.10.024     Document Type: Article

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