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Evaluation of a clinical TOF-PET detector design that achieves⩽ 100 ps coincidence time resolution

Cates et al., 2018

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4809787360426676804
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Cates J
Levin C
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Physics in Medicine & Biology

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Commercially available clinical positron emission tomography (PET) detectors employ scintillation crystals that are long (20 mm length) and narrow (4–5 mm width) optically coupled on their narrow end to a photosensor. The aspect ratio of this traditional crystal rod …
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