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
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