Basic study of entire whole-body PET scanners based on the OpenPET geometry

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 621, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 576-580

  Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Yamaya, Taiga ^a   Nishikido, Fumihiko ^a   Inadama, Naoko ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coincidence; PET; Simulation; Whole body

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FIELD; AXIAL LENGTH; BLOCK DETECTORS; COINCIDENCE; DATA LOSS; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION DETECTORS; MULTIPLE-COINCIDENCE; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATES; OPEN GAPS; OPEN SPACE; PERFORMANCE VALUE; PET; PET SCANNER; RING DIAMETER; SIMULATION; WHOLE-BODY;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DETECTORS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SCANNING;

EID: 77957915288     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.03.170     Document Type: Article

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