Title :
Coincidence time alignment of high resolution planar detectors
Author :
Lenox, Mark W. ; Burbar, Ziad ; Young, John ; Gremillion, Tim ; Knoess, Christof
Author_Institution :
CPS Innovations, Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Planar Quadrant Shared Array PET detectors are highly dependent upon accurate timing to improve their coincidence efficiency. Techniques are described to determine the timing characteristics of the planar detectors used in the CPS HRRT PET tomograph, and to compensate for manufacturing tolerances.
Keywords :
positron emission tomography; Planar Quadrant Shared Array PET detectors; coincidence efficiency; coincidence time alignment; high resolution planar detectors; manufacturing tolerances; timing characteristics; Application specific integrated circuits; Computational fluid dynamics; Detectors; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Photomultipliers; Positron emission tomography; Sensor arrays; Shape control; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2002 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7636-6
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2002.1239482
