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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2017 Mar 22;62(9):3828–3858. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa6862

Table A2.

Glossary of abbreviations used.

CRT Coincidence resolving time (FWHM ns)
DOI Depth of interaction (cm)
FWHMa Full-width at half-maximum
LSO Lu2SiO5:Ce,Ca scintillator
PDF Probability density function
PET Positron emission tomography
Rms Standard deviation from the mean (root mean square)
SER Single electron time response of the photodetector
SiPM Silicon photomultiplier
TOF Time of flight difference between two annihilation photons
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Gaussian distribution has FWHM=8ln(2)rms=2.355rms