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INVESTIGATION OF CRYSTAL IDENTIFICATION METHODS FOR ClearPETTMPHOSWICH DETECTOR

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For the LYSO/LuYAP phoswich solution adapted in the ClearPETTM scanner with depth of interaction capability, results of ongoing research are presented. Various digital methods of crystal layer identification have been developed and tested on presently used as well as prospective scintillator materials. The application of neural networks has been identified as relatively simple but powerful tool for development of efficient and versatile algorithms of crystal identification. New phoswich solutions for PET scanners with depth of interaction capability have been proposed.

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  1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, 1050, Belgium

    Dariusz Wisniewski

  2. Institute of Physics, N. Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

    Dariusz Wisniewski

  3. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, 1050, Belgium

    Monika Wisniewska

  4. Environmental Protection College, Bydgoszcz, Poland

    Monika Wisniewska

  5. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, 1050, Belgium

    Peter Bruyndonckx, Magalie Krieguer, Stefaan Tavernier, Olivier Devroede & Cedric Lemaitre

  6. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Jean Baptiste Mosset

  7. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Christian Morel

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Wisniewski, D. et al. (2006). INVESTIGATION OF CRYSTAL IDENTIFICATION METHODS FOR ClearPETTMPHOSWICH DETECTOR. In: Tavernier, S., Gektin, A., Grinyov, B., Moses, W.W. (eds) Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications. NATO Security through Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5093-3_7

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