Methods for increasing the sensitivity of simultaneous multi-isotope positron emission tomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3597-3601

  González, Eric ^a   Olcott, Peter D ^a,b   Bieniosek, Matthew ^a,b   Levin, Craig S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINCIDENCE CIRCUITS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POSITRONS;

ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; COINCIDENCE DETECTION; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; LOW SENSITIVITY; LYSO CRYSTALS; POSITRON EMITTERS; PROMPT GAMMA-RAYS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858650080     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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