• DocumentCode
    2617733
  • Title

    Development of a high-spatial-resolution whole-body DOI PET system using LGSO/GSO crystals

  • Author

    Ohtani, Atsushi ; Tanaka, Kazumi ; Kitamura, Keishi ; Mizuta, Tetsuro ; Inoue, Yoshihiro ; Tonami, Hiromichi ; Ohi, Junichi

  • Author_Institution
    Medical System Division, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    19-25 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    4696
  • Lastpage
    4699
  • Abstract
    Use of Depth of Interaction (DOI) detectors is one effective technique for improving whole-body PET imaging.
  • Keywords
    Analytical models; Crystals; Detectors; High-resolution imaging; Molecular imaging; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Positron emission tomography; Prototypes; Spatial resolution; Whole-body PET;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Dresden, Germany
  • ISSN
    1095-7863
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2714-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1095-7863
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774472
  • Filename
    4774472