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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2015 Sep 9;60(18):7309–7338. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/18/7309

Table 2.

Model parameters for Monte Carlo calculations of the CRT for three scintillators.

LSO LaBr3 : Ce Ultra-fast
Size (mm) 3 × 3 × 30 3 × 3 × 30 3 × 3 × 30
Attenuation length μ for 511 keV photons (cm) 1.2 2.3 1.2a
Index of refraction n 1.82 2.1 2a
Photons per 511 keV Npe 20 000 38 000 20 000a
Rise time τr (ns) 0.0 0.2 (Glodo et al 2005) 0.0a
Decay time τd (ns) 37 18 (Glodo et al 2005) 1a
a

Hypothetical values.