Monte Carlo simulation study of LSO crystals Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:3310639, abstract = {In order to study light transport in LSO crystals for PET, we simulated single crystals and block detectors using Detect2000. We devised basic experiments to evaluate fundamental physics parameters of the simulation and benchmarked the simulation with a set of experiments on single crystals. The block detectors that were studied were composed of lutetium oxyortho-silicate crystals, a light guide and photomultiplier tubes. The results of the simulation were compared to an experimental detector block's position profile. By refining our simulation to model actual detectors, a tool was created that can be used to optimize the performance of detector blocks.}, author = {Rothfuss, H. and Casey, M. and Conti, M. and Doshi, N. and Eriksson, L. and Schmand, M.}, booktitle = {Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE}, citeulike-article-id = {3310639}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1352465}, journal = {Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE}, keywords = {block, crystals, detector, lso, pmt, simulation}, pages = {2789--2793 Vol.4}, posted-at = {2008-09-21 18:40:17}, priority = {2}, title = {Monte Carlo simulation study of LSO crystals}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1352465}, volume = {4}, year = {2003} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3310639 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3310639 N2 - In order to study light transport in LSO crystals for PET, we simulated single crystals and block detectors using Detect2000. We devised basic experiments to evaluate fundamental physics parameters of the simulation and benchmarked the simulation with a set of experiments on single crystals. The block detectors that were studied were composed of lutetium oxyortho-silicate crystals, a light guide and photomultiplier tubes. The results of the simulation were compared to an experimental detector block's position profile. By refining our simulation to model actual detectors, a tool was created that can be used to optimize the performance of detector blocks. JF - Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE EP - 2793 Vol.4 TI - Monte Carlo simulation study of LSO crystals VL - 4 T2 - Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE SP - 2789 KW - block KW - crystals KW - detector KW - lso KW - pmt KW - simulation AU - Rothfuss, H AU - Casey, M AU - Conti, M AU - Doshi, N AU - Eriksson, L AU - Schmand, M PY - 2003/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1352465 ER -