Monte-Carlo simulation based estimation of NECR, sensitivity, and spatial resolution of a novel preclinical PET insert for MR

2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages

  Becker, Robert ^a   Cachemiche, Jean Pierre ^b   Casella, Chiara ^a   Dissertori, Gunther ^a   Fischer, Jannis ^a   Howard, Alexander S ^a   Kramer, Kevin ^a   Lustermann, Werner ^a   Morel, Christian ^b   Oliver, Josep F ^c   Roser, Ulf ^a   Wang, Qiulin ^d   Weber, Bruno ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

high rate; PET insert; preclinical

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

HIGH RATE; PET INSERTS; PRECLINICAL; RANDOM CONTRIBUTIONS; REFERENCE DESIGNS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRACER CONCENTRATION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84994157344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2015.7582128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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