Simulation study of spatial resolution and sensitivity for the tapered depth of interaction PET detectors for small animal imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  St James, Sara ^a   Yang, Yongfeng ^a   Bowen, Spencer L ^a   Qi, Jinyi ^a   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DESIGN; CRYSTAL DIMENSIONS; CRYSTAL LENGTH; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; DETECTOR ELEMENTS; DETECTOR MODULE; DOMINATING FACTORS; FIELD OF VIEWS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PET DETECTORS; PET SCANNER; RING DIAMETER; SCINTILLATION MATERIALS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SMALL ANIMAL PET SCANNERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEM-BASED; TRANSAXIAL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); IMAGE RESOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

SCANNING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 74549161854     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/2/N04     Document Type: Article

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