A SiPM-based isotropic-3D PET detector X'tal cube with a three-dimensional array of 1 mm3 crystals

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6793-6807

  Yamaya, Taiga ^a   Mitsuhashi, Takayuki ^a,b   Matsumoto, Takahiro ^b   Inadama, Naoko ^a   Nishikido, Fumihiko ^a   Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^a   Kawai, Hideyuki ^b   Suga, Mikio ^b   Watanabe, Mitsuo ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL BLOCK; CUBIC CRYSTAL; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GENERAL PURPOSE; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LIGHT GUIDES; LIGHT OUTPUT; MULTI-PIXEL PHOTON COUNTERS; PET DETECTORS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; REFLECTOR SHEET; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; SCINTILLATION PHOTONS; SENSITIVE AREA; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; THREE DIMENSIONS;

CRYSTALS; GADOLINIUM; GEOMETRY; LIGHT; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; REFLECTION; SCINTILLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DETECTORS;

GADOLINIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE; LUTETIUM; SILICATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGHT; LUTETIUM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICATES;

EID: 80054817186     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/21/003     Document Type: Article

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