Thick continuous crystal design for PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4575-4579

  Kaul, M ^a   Surti, S ^a   Wiener, R ^a   Karp, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPTON SCATTER; CONTINUOUS CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL BLOCK; CRYSTAL EDGES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; LYSO CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POSITIONING ALGORITHMS; SCINTILLATION PHOTONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

DEGRADATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

EID: 67649154125     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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