Calibration of dual-ended readout of axially oriented 100-mm-long LYSO crystals for use in a compact PET system

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3 PART 1, 2012, Pages 561-567

  Ur Rehman, Fazal ^a   Goertzen, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

100 mm long lutetium yttrium oxyorthosilicate (LYSO); axial positioning calibration; dual ended readout; positron emission tomography (PET); scintillation detectors; unbalanced detectors

Indexed keywords

BALANCED DETECTOR; CALIBRATION CURVES; CALIBRATION METHOD; COLLIMATED BEAMS; COLLIMATED IRRADIATION; DETECTOR RESPONSE; DUAL-ENDED READOUT; IRRADIATION POSITION; LIGHT-SHARING; LINE SOURCES; LONG AXIS; LUTETIUM YTTRIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE; LYSO CRYSTALS; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; POINT SOURCES; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; RAPID METHOD; REFERENCE CURVES; SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS; SINGLE-EVENT RATES; SMALL-ANIMAL; TRIGGER THRESHOLD; VOLTAGE VARIATION;

DETECTORS; GERMANIUM; IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SODIUM;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 84862606382     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2012.2191978     Document Type: Article

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