Continuous depth-of-interaction encoding using phosphor-coated scintillators

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1757-1771

  Du, Huini ^a   Yang, Yongfeng ^a   Glodo, Jarek ^b   Wu, Yibao ^a   Shah, Kanai ^b   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATING METHODS; DECAY TIME; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION INFORMATIONS; FULL WIDTH HALF MAXIMUMS; GALLIUM OXIDES; INTERACTION DEPTHS; LIGHT PULSE DECAY TIME; LSO CRYSTALS; LSO SCINTILLATORS; LUTETIUM OXY-ORTHOSILICATE; PHOSPHOR POWDERS; PULSE SHAPES; PULSE-SHAPE DISCRIMINATIONS; SCINTILLATION LIGHTS; THICK ARRAYS; THIN LAYERS;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; COATINGS; DETECTORS; GALLIUM; LIGHT; LUTETIUM; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM OXIDE;

LUMINESCENCE;

ALUMINUM; GALLIUM; PHOSPHORUS; YTTRIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOGRAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIAL COATING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING;

LUMINESCENT AGENTS; LUTETIUM; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63649092601     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/6/023     Document Type: Article

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