A four-layer DOI detector with a relative offset for use in an animal PET system

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3 PART 1, 2010, Pages 976-981

  Ito, Mikiko ^a   Lee, Jae Sung ^b   Kwon, Sun Il ^c   Lee, Geon Song ^b   Hong, Byungsik ^a   Lee, Kyong Sei ^a   Sim, Kwang Souk ^a   Lee, Seok Jae ^d   Rhee, June Tak ^e   Hong, Seong Jong ^f  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seonam University   (South Korea)

^e Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^f Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction (DOI)); Four layer animal PET; GATE monte carlo simulation; H9500 photomultiplier tube (PMT)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PET; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CRYSTAL LENGTH; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; EM ALGORITHMS; FLAT-PANEL PMT; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LAYER DETECTORS; LYSO CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTIMAL COMBINATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; RADIATION SOURCE; SIMULATED RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; CRYSTALS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTUM OPTICS; RADIATION; SODIUM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 77953718569     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2044892     Document Type: Article

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