Positron emission tomography particle tracking using cluster analysis

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 534, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 562-576

  Gundogdu, O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Particle tracking; PET

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MIXTURES; PARTICLE DETECTORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOISOTOPES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FULL WIDTH HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM); POSITRON EMITTING NUCLIDES;

PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

EID: 9644281814     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.06.162     Document Type: Article

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