Design of a trapezoidal slat crystal (TSC) PET detector for small animal PET/MR imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2598-2601

  Li, Xiaoli ^a   Hunter, William C J ^b   Lewellen, Tom K ^a   Miyaoka, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPTON SCATTER; CRYSTAL ARRAYS; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; DESIGN FEATURES; DETECTOR MODULE; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INNER RINGS; PET DETECTORS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SMALL ANIMAL PET; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICS BASED POSITIONING;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

DETECTORS;

EID: 79960290515     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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