On The Performance Of Scintillation Detectors For Nuclear Imaging

John Bombardieri; Dov Rosenfeld

doi:10.1117/12.966700

1 January 1986 On The Performance Of Scintillation Detectors For Nuclear Imaging

John Bombardieri, Dov Rosenfeld

Proceedings Volume 0671, Physics and Engineering of Computerized Multidimensional Imaging and Processing; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966700
Event: Physics and Engineering of Computerized Multidimensional Imaging and Processing, 1986, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

The performance of large diameter NaI (T1) scintillation crystals applied to the detection of nuclear images is bounded by specific physical limitations. The results presented are analytical expressions for the detection efficiency and the point spread function (PSF) of scintillation detectors in the absence of multiple scattering. The PSF is determined both for a perpendicular incident photon beam and for oblique incidence. The scintillation detection efficiency is determined only for a co-axial point source. An expression for the efficiency for oblique incidence is given in integral form.

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John Bombardieri and Dov Rosenfeld "On The Performance Of Scintillation Detectors For Nuclear Imaging", Proc. SPIE 0671, Physics and Engineering of Computerized Multidimensional Imaging and Processing, (1 January 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966700

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