Maximum-likelihood methods for processing signals from gamma-ray detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 725-735

  Barrett, Harrison H ^a   Hunter, William C J ^a,b   Miller, Brian William ^a   Moore, Stephen K ^a   Chen, Yichun ^c   Furenlid, Lars R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction; Gamma ray detectors; Maximum likelihood estimation; Scintillation cameras; Semiconductor arrays

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT ELEMENTS; DEPTH OF INTERACTION; ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; GAMMA RAY DETECTOR; GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS; GAMMA-RAY IMAGING; LIKELIHOOD METHODS; LISTMODE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; MULTIPLE INTERACTIONS; PROCESSING SIGNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERAS; SEMICONDUCTOR ARRAYS; SPATIAL COORDINATES; THREE DIMENSIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; TOTAL ENERGY;

CAMERAS; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; LUMINESCENCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; STARS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 67649322440     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2015308     Document Type: Article

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