Potential advantages of tapered detector in PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3042-3044

  Zhu, Jun ^a,b   Xie, Qingguo ^a,b   Niu, Ming ^a,b   Li, Yanzhao ^a,b   Xi, Daoming ^a,b   Xiao, Peng ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy Resolution; PET; Sensitivity; Spatial Resolution; Tapered Detector; Timing Resolution

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; PHANTOMS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; SENSITIVITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TAPERED DETECTORS; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84863341378     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152549     Document Type: Conference Paper

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