Use of systematic surface roughing to enhance the spatial resolution of the dual-ended readout of axially-oriented 100 mm long LYSO crystals

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Ur Rehman, Fazal ^a   Tai, Yuan Chuan ^b   Goertzen, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; AXIAL LOCATIONS; AXIAL POSITIONS; BAND PATTERNS; BANDING PATTERNS; BEAM WIDTHS; CRYSTAL LENGTH; DISCRETE LOCATION; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; LIGHT OUTPUT; LIGHT TRANSPORT; LIGHT-SHARING; LYSO CRYSTALS; PET IMAGING; PHOTON BEAMS; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MEDICINE; PHYSICS;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

LUTETIUM; SILICATE; YTTRIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; LIGHT; MOUSE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; LIGHT; LUTETIUM; MICE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SILICATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; YTTRIUM;

EID: 84870337955     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/24/N501     Document Type: Article

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