LabPET inter-crystal scatter study using GATE

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3988-3994

  Rechka, Sanae ^a   Fontaine, Réjean ^a   Lecomte, Roger ^a   Rafecas, Magdalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Detection efficiency; Energy threshold; GATE; Geant4; Inter crystal scatter (ICS); LabPET; PET; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; CRYSTAL SCATTERS; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; GEANT4 APPLICATION FOR TOMOGRAPHIC EMISSIONS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; OBLIQUE ANGLES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SCANNING;

INTELLIGENT CONTROL;

EID: 77951179686     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401936     Document Type: Conference Paper

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