A method to enhance coincidence time resolution with applications for medical imaging systems (TOF/PET)
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2014-01
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A coincidence timing spectrometer was assembled using NaI(Tl) inorganic and BC418 type organic (plastic) scintillation detectors. The constant fraction timing method was used. Coincidence time resolution values of the detectors, which have great importance in TOF/PET measurements, were obtained separately. The resolutions were enhanced using a different method in a start-stop coincidence spectrometer: the signals from the start detectors were delayed. The results from the FLUKA Monte Carlo simulation code agreed well with the experimental results.
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BC418 type plastic scintillation detector, TOF/PET, FLUKA Monte Carlo simulation program, NaI(Tl) inorganic scintillation detector, Positron-emission-tomography, Simulations, Pulse-shape discrimination, Spectrometer, To-noise ratio, Pet, Of-flight, Detector, Spatial-resolution, Constant, Nuclear Science & technology
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Ermiş, E. E. vd. (2014). "A method to enhance coincidence time resolution with applications for medical imaging systems (TOF/PET)". Radiation Measurements, 62, 52-59.