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Advances in coincidence time resolution for PET

Cates et al., 2016

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6144513635696497029
Author
Cates J
Levin C
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Publication venue
Physics in Medicine & Biology

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Coincidence time resolution (CTR), an important parameter for time-of-flight (TOF) PET performance, is determined mainly by properties of the scintillation crystal and photodetector used. Stable production techniques for LGSO: Ce (Lu1. 8Gd0. 2SiO5: Ce) with decay times …
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