Pulse shape discrimination and classification methods for continuous depth of interaction encoding PET detectors

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6571-6585

  Roncali, Emilie ^a   Phipps, Jennifer E ^a   Marcu, Laura ^a   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION METHODS; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; INTERACTION DEPTH; LAGUERRE; LAGUERRE BASIS; LIGHT LEVEL; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION METHODS; LOW LIGHT LEVEL; PET DETECTORS; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; PULSE SHAPES; ROBUST METHODS; SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS; SINGLE-ENDED; STATISTICAL NOISE;

DETECTORS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LINEAR REGRESSION; PHOSPHORS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867280566     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/20/6571     Document Type: Article

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