• DocumentCode
    1717372
  • Title

    PET/SPECT detectors with light intensifiers and fiber coding

  • Author

    Antich, P. ; Slavin, N. ; Tsyganov, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Southwestern Med. Center, Texas Univ., Dallas, TX, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1919
  • Lastpage
    1923
  • Abstract
    NaI scintillators for PET/SPECT detectors with light intensifier and fiber readout are considered using a Monte Carlo model. A coding algorithm which uses light detected at both ends of the fibers is proposed and the simulated results are evaluated. The scheme looks very promising
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; image intensifiers; position sensitive particle detectors; positron emission tomography; single photon emission computed tomography; solid scintillation detectors; Monte Carlo model; NaI:Tl; PET/SPECT detectors; coding algorithm; fiber coding; fiber readout; light intensifiers; scintillators; Decoding; Glass; Monte Carlo methods; Optical arrays; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Photonic crystals; Positron emission tomography; Solid scintillation detectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2001 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7324-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2001.1009199
  • Filename
    1009199