Depth-of-interaction compensation using a focused-cut scintillator for a pinhole gamma camera

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1985-1986

  Alhassen, Fares ^a   Kim, Sangtaek ^a   Gould, Robert G ^a   Seo, Youngho ^a   Kudrolli, Haris ^b   Singh, Bipin ^b   Nagarkar, Vivek V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

biomedical applications of nuclear radiation; biomedical nuclear imaging; scintillation detectors; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION; BIOMEDICAL NUCLEAR IMAGING; CONTINUOUS SCINTILLATORS; CURVED FIBERS; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; FIELD OF VIEWS; GAMMA CAMERAS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; PARALLAX ERROR; PINHOLE COLLIMATORS; PINHOLE GEOMETRY; PINHOLE SPECT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION; SINGLE PIXEL; SMALL ANIMAL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECT SYSTEM; VARIABLE DEPTH;

ANIMALS; ASTROPHYSICS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ERRORS; GAMMA RAYS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IONIZATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOSPHORS; PINHOLE CAMERAS; PIXELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 79960333443     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874122     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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