Experimental characterization and system simulations of depth of interaction PET detectors using 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm LSO arrays

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4605-4619

  James, Sara St ^a   Yang, Yongfeng ^a   Wu, Yibao ^a   Farrell, Richard ^b   Dokhale, Purushottam ^b   Shah, Kanai S ^b   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; CRYSTAL ELEMENTS; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; DETECTOR DESIGN; DIFFUSE REFLECTOR; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FIELD OF VIEWS; INNER DIAMETERS; LSO CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NON-COLLINEARITY; PARALLAX ERROR; PET DETECTORS; PET SCANNER; POSITION SENSITIVE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; RADIAL DIRECTION; RING DIAMETER; SMALL ANIMAL PET SCANNERS; SOLID ANGLE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEM SIMULATIONS; TRANSAXIAL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REFLECTION;

SCANNING;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DESTRUCTION; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM ORTHOSILICATE; SILICATE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUTETIUM; MINIATURIZATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICATES; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 70349561229     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/14/015     Document Type: Article

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