Improved nearest neighbor methods for gamma photon interaction position determination in monolithic scintillator PET detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5 PART 1, 2011, Pages 2139-2147

  Van Dam, Herman T ^a   Seifert, Stefan ^a   Vinke, Ruud ^b   Dendooven, Peter ^b   Löhner, Herbert ^a   Beekman, Freek J ^a   Schaart, Dennis R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calibration; entry point; line source; monolithic scintillator detector; nearest neighbor method; position of interaction

Indexed keywords

ENTRY POINT; LINE SOURCES; NEAREST NEIGHBOR METHOD; POSITION OF INTERACTION; SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR;

CALIBRATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PHOTONS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; SCINTILLATION;

DETECTORS;

EID: 80054061390     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2150762     Document Type: Article

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