Publications and
Presentations
The following list contains
publications and presentations created by SMRC staff members and
collaborators. Due to the frequently changing copyright restrictions of various
publishers, we suggest that final published versions of journal articles be
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articles below are available to fellow researchers upon request. Please contact
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Journal Articles
J. Peak, P. Rack, C. L. Melcher, Investigating the luminescence properties as a function of activator concentration in single crystal cerium doped Lu2SiO5: Determination of the configuration coordinate model, J. Appl. Phys. (2011) in press.
K. Yang, M. Zhuravleva, C. L. Melcher, Crystal Growth and Characterization of CsSr1-xEuxI3 high light yield scintillators, Physica Status Solidi RRL 5, No. 1, 43-45 (2011).
Kan Yang, Mariya Zhuravleva, Charles L. Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of Cs3EuI5 crystals, J. Crystal Growth, 318, 833-835 (2011).
M. Zhuravleva , K. Yang, C. L. Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of Cs3CeCl6 and CsCe2Cl7, J. Crystal Growth, 318, 809-812 (2011)
M. Zhuravleva , K. Yang, A. Green, C. L. Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of Ce3+ doped KGd2Cl7, J. Crystal Growth, 318, 796-799 (2011).
L. Eriksson, M. Conti, C.L. Melcher, D.W. Townsend, M. Eriksson, H. Rothfuss, M.E. Casey, B. Bendriem, Towards sub-minute PET examination times, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 58(1) 76-81 (2011)
L. Eriksson, C. L. Melcher, M.
Zhuravleva, M. Eriksson, H. Rothfuss, M. Conti, Phoswich solutions for the PET
DOI problem, Nucl. Instr. Meth., in press.
M.G. Bisogni, G.M. Collazuol, S. Marcatilia, C.L. Melcher, and A. Del Guerra, Characterization of Ca co-doped LSO:Ce scintillators coupled to SiPM for PET applications, Nucl. Instr. Meth., A628, 423-425 (2011).
A. Rakov, U. S. Salikhbaev, A. K.
Islamov, R. H. Bartram, C. L. Melcher, Restored thermoluminescence in oxide
crystals, J. Luminescence 130, 2004-2012 (2010).
M. Moszynski, T. Szczesniak, M.
Kapusta, M. Szawlowski, J. Iwanowska, IEEE, M. Gierlik, A. Syntfeld-Kazuch, L.
Swiderski, Member, C.L. Melcher, L. Eriksson, J. Glodo, Characterization of
Scintillators by Modern Photomultipliers - a New Source of Errors, IEEE Trans.
Nuc. Sci. 57(5) 2886-2896 (2010).
Jonathan D. Peak, Charles L.
Melcher, Philip D. Rack, Combinatorial thin film sputtering investigation of
cerium concentration in Lu2SiO5 scintillators, J. Luminescence 130(8) 1366-1370
(2010).
W. W. Moses, M. Janecek, M.A.
Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, W.-S. Choong, C.L. Melcher, and M. Andreaco,
Optimization of LSO for Time-of-Flight PET, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 57(3)
1570-1576 (2010).
M. Zhuravleva, K. Yang, P.
Szupryczynski, A. Yoshikawa, C.L. Melcher, Crystal growth and evaluation of
LuAG:Ce:Tb scintillator, J. Crystal Growth, 312, 1244-1248 (2010).
T. Szczesniak, M. Moszynski, A.
Syntfeld-Kazuch, L. Swiderski, M.A. Spurrier Koschan, and C.L. Melcher, Timing
Resolution and Decay Time of LSO Crystals Co-doped with Calcium, IEEE Trans.
Nuc. Sci. 57(3) 1329-1334 (2010).
Agnieszka Syntfeld-Kazuch, Marek
Moszynski, Lukasz Swiderski, Tomasz Szczesniak, Antoni Nassalski, Charles L.
Melcher, Merry A. Spurrier, Bartosz Goliszek, Przemyslaw Kaminski, and Mateusz
Nowaczyk, Energy Resolution of Calcium Co-doped LSO:Ce Scintillators, IEEE
Trans. Nuc. Sci. 56(5) 2972-2978 (2009).
Maurizio Conti, Lars Eriksson,
Harold Rothfuss, Charles L. Melcher, Comparison of Fast Scintillators with TOF
PET Potential, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 56(3) 926-933 (2009).
P. Cutler, C. Melcher, M.
Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, L. Eriksson, Scintillation Non-proportionality of
Lutetium- and Yttrium-based Silicates and Aluminates, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci.
56(3) 915-919 (2009).
Harold E. Rothfuss, Charles L.
Melcher, Lars Eriksson, Merry Spurrier, The Effect of Ca2+ Codoping on Shallow
Traps in YSO:Ce Scintillators, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 56(3) 958-961 (2009).
K. Yang, M. A. Spurrier, H.
Rothfuss, L. Eriksson, C. L. Melcher, The effect of calcium co-doping on
praseodymium doped LSO, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 56(3) 968-971 (2009).
K. Yang, C.L. Melcher, P. D.
Rack, L. Eriksson, Effect of Ca codoping on charge traps in LSO:Ce crystals,
IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 56(5) 2960-2965 (2009).
L. Eriksson, C. L. Melcher, M.
Eriksson, R. Grazioso, and M. Aykac, Design considerations of phoswich
detectors for high resolution positron emission tomography, IEEE Trans. Nuc.
Sci. 56(1) 182-188 (2009).
M.A. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski,
K. Yang, H. Rothfuss, A.A. Carey, C.L. Melcher, The effect of codoping on the
growth stability and scintillation properties of lutetium oxyorthosilicate, J.
Crystal Growth 310, 2110-2114 (2008).
J. D. Peak, C. L. Melcher, and P.
D. Rack, Combinatorial thin film synthesis of cerium doped scintillation
materials in the lutetium oxide - silicon oxide system, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci.
55(3) (2008).
M. A. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski,
K. Yang, A. A. Carey, and C. L. Melcher, Effects of Ca2+ co-doping on the
scintillation properties of LSO:Ce, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 55(3) (2008).
P. D. Rack, J. Peak, C. L.
Melcher, J. M. Fitz-Gerald, Scanning electron and catholuminescence of thin
film Lu2SiO5:Ce scintillating materials, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 244102 (2007).
J. S. Neal, L. A. Boatner, M.
Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher, Cerium-doped mixed-alkali rare-earth
double-phosphate scintillators for thermal neutron detection, Nucl. Instr.
Meth., A579, 19-22 (2007).
S. Friedrich, O. B. Drury, S.
Yuan, P. Szupryczynski, M. A. Spurrier, C. L. Melcher, A 36-pixel tunnel
junction soft X-ray spectrometer for scintillator material science, IEEE Trans.
Appl. Supercond., 17(2) 351-354 (2006).
S. A. Speakman, W. D. Porter, M.
A. Spurrier, C. L. Melcher, Thermal expansion and thermal stability of
cerium-doped Lu2SiO5, Mat. Res. Bull. 41, 423-435 (2006).
C. L. Melcher, Perspectives on
future development of new scintillators, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A537, 6-14, (2005).
M. Kapusta, P. Szupryczynski, C.
L. Melcher, M. Moszynski, M. Balcerzyk, W. Czarnacki, A. A. Carey, M. A.
Spurrier, Non-proportionality and thermoluminescence of LSO, IEEE Trans. Nucl.
Sci. 52(4) 1098-1104 (2005).
C. L. Melcher, S. Friedrich, S.
P. Cramer, M. A. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, R. Nutt, Cerium oxidation state in
LSO scintillators, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 52(3) 1809-1812 (2005).
L. Eriksson, D. Townsend, M.
Eriksson, C. L. Melcher, M. Schmand, B. Bendriem, R. Nutt, Experience with
scintillators for PET: Towards the fifth generation of PET scanners, Nucl.
Instr. Meth. A 525, 242-248 (2004).
P. Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher,
M. A. Spurrier, M. P. Maskarinec, A. A. Carey, A. J. Wojtowicz, W. Drozdowski,
D. Wisniewski, R. Nutt, Thermoluminescence and scintillation properties of rare
earth oxyorthosilicates, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(3) 1103-1110 (2004).
C. M. Pepin, A.-L. Perrot, P.
B_rard, R. Lecomte, C. L. Melcher, H. Dautet, Investigation of the Properties
of LYSO and Recent LSO Scintillators for Phoswich PET Detectors, IEEE Trans.
Nucl. Sci.: 51(3), 789-795 (2004).
C. L. Melcher, M. A. Spurrier, L.
Eriksson, M. Eriksson, M. Schmand, G. Givens, R. Terry, T. Homant, R. Nutt,
Advances in the scintillation performance of LSO:Ce single crystals, IEEE
Trans. Nucl. Sci. 50(4), 762-766 (2003).
C. L. Melcher, Scintillator
crystals for PET, J. Nucl. Med. 41(6), 1051-1055 (2000).
C. L. Melcher, M. Schmand, M.
Eriksson, L. Eriksson, M. Casey, R. Nutt, J. L. Lefaucheur, and B. Chai,
Scintillation properties of LSO:Ce boules, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 47: 965-968
(2000).
M. Balcerzyk, M. Moszynski, M.
Kapusta, D. Wolski, J. Pawelke, C. L. Melcher, YSO, LSO, GSO, and LGSO: A study
of energy resolution and non-proportionality, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 47:
1319-1323 (2000).
M. Moszynski, M. Balcerzyk, M.
Kapusta, D. Wolski, C. L. Melcher, Large size LSO:Ce and YSO:Ce scintillators
for 50 MeV range gamma-ray detector, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 47:1324-1328
(2000).
Conference Proceedings
M. Zhuravleva, K. Yang, H.
Rothfuss, C.L. Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of Cs3CeX6
and CsCe2X7 (X = Cl, Br), IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
(2010).
K. Yang, M. Zhuravleva, C.L.
Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of AGd2Cl7:Ce3+ (A = K,
Cs) scintillators for gamma/neutron detection, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium
Conference Record (2010).
K. Yang, M. Zhuravleva, H.
Rothfuss, C.L. Melcher, A new high light yield scintillator: single crystal
CsSr(1-x)Eu(x)I3, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (2010).
K. Yang, M. Zhuravleva, P.
Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher, Temperature response and thermoluminescence of
SrI2:Eu2+ single crystals, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
(2010).
M. Zhuravleva, C. L. Melcher, and
L. Eriksson, Photoluminescence characterization of scintillators for phoswich
detectors, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2407-2410 (2009).
K. Yang, C.L. Melcher, M.
Zhuravleva, Luminescence centers in Ca co-doped LSO:Ce crystals, IEEE Nuclear
Science Symposium Conference Record, 1-5 (2009).
L. Eriksson, M. Conti, C.L.
Melcher, D.W. Townsend, M. Eriksson, H. Rothfuss, M.E. Casey, B. Bendriem,
Towards sub-minute PET examination times, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium
Conference Record, M09-089, 3121-3125 (2009).
L. Eriksson, D.W. Townsend, M.
Conti, C.L. Melcher, M. Eriksson, B. W. Jakoby, H. Rothfuss, M.E. Casey, , B.
Bendriem, Potentials for large axial field of view positron camera systems,
IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NM1-5, 1632-1636 (2008).
K. Yang, C.L. Melcher, P.D. Rack,
L. Eriksson, Effects of calcium co-doping on charge traps in LSO:Ce crystals,
IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2476-2479 (2007).
L. Eriksson, C.L. Melcher, M.
Eriksson, R. Grazioso, M. Aykac, Design considerations of phoswich detectors
for high resolution positron emission tomography, the IEEE Nuclear Science
Symposium Conference Record, M3-05, 2607-2610 (2007).
H. E. Rothfuss, C. L. Melcher, L.
Eriksson, M. Eriksson, and R. Grazioso, Scintillation kinetics of YSO:Ce, IEEE
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 2, 1401-1403 (2007).
J. S. Neal, L. A. Boatner, M.
Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher, Cerium-doped mixed-alkali rare-earth
double-phosphate scintillators for X- and gamma-ray detection, in Hard X-Ray
and Gamma-ray Detector Physics and Penetrating Radiation Systems VIII, L. A.
Franks et al. (eds.), Proc. Of SPIE Vol. 6319, 631907 (2006).
C. L. Melcher, S. Friedrich, C.
Piamonteze, M. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, Cerium charge state analysis by
X-ray absorption, in Scint 2005: Proceedings of the Eighth International
Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and Their Use in Scientific and
Industrial Applications, A. Getkin and B. Grinyov, eds., pp. 15-19 (2006).
L. Eriksson, D. Townsend, M.
Conti, M. Eriksson, C. Bohm, H. Rothfuss, M. Schmand, M.E. Casey, Bernard
Bendriem, Future instrumentation in positron emission tomography, IEEE Nuclear
Science Symposium Conference record, M11-151, 2542-22545 (2006).
M. Moszynski, M. Kapusta, A.
Nassalski, T. Szczesniak, D. Wolski, L. Eriksson, and C. L. Melcher, New
prospects for time-of-flight PET with LSO scintillators, IEEE Nuclear Science
Symposium Conference Record 5, 2854-2858 (2005).
P. Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher,
M. A. Spurrier, and A. A. Carey, Scintillation and optical properties of LuAP
and LuYAP crystals, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 4,
1305-1309 (2005).
L. A. Eriksson, D. Townsend, M.
Eriksson, M. E. Casey, M. Schmand, M. Conti, C. Michel, C. L. Melcher, B.
Bendriem, T. Jones, and R. Nutt, Potentials for a fifth generation PET scanner
for oncology, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, M07-101,
1996-2000 (2005).
P. Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher,
M. A. Spurrier, A. A. Carey, M. P. Maskarinec, B. Chakoumakos, C. Rawn, R.
Nutt, Ce-doped lutetium pyrosilicate scintillators LPS and LYPS, IEEE Nuclear
Science Symposium Conference Record 3, 1310-1313 (2005).
Rothfuss, H., Conti, M., Michel,
C., Panin, V.Y., Monte Carlo simulation of HiRez PET scanner with Geant4:
comparison with experimental data, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference
Record, 1867 - 1868 (2004).
Oral presentations
K. Yang, M. Zhuravleva, C.L.
Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of AGd2Cl7:Ce3+ (A = K,
Cs) scintillators for gamma/neutron detection, oral presentation at the IEEE
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, Nov. 1-5,
2010.
M. Zhuravleva, K. Yang, H.
Rothfuss, C.L. Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of Cs3CeX6
and CsCe2X7 (X = Cl, Br), oral presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science
Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, Nov. 1-5, 2010.
K. Yang, M. Zhuravleva, H.
Rothfuss, C.L. Melcher, A new high light yield scintillator: single crystal
CsSr(1-x)Eu(x)I3, oral presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and
Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, Nov. 1-5, 2010.
K. Yang, M. Zhuravleva, H.
Rothfuss, C.L. Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of
CsSr1-xEuxI3 high light yield crystals, oral presentation at the 16th
International Conference on Crystal Growth, Beijing, China, August 8-13, 2010.
M. Zhuravleva, K. Yang, and C.
Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of Cs3CeCl6 and CsCe2Cl7,
oral presentation at the 16th International Conference on Crystal Growth,
Beijing, China, August 8-13, 2010.
C. L. Melcher, L. Eriksson, M.
Koschan, LSO Scintillators: Past and Future, invited oral presentation at the
SPIE Conference, San Diego, CA, August 2-6, 2009.
C. L. Melcher, Observations on 20
years of LSO:Ce scintillator development, invited oral presentation at the IEEE
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL, USA,
October 25-31, 2009.
K. Yang, C. Melcher, M.
Zhuravleva, Luminescence centers in Ca co-doped LSO:Ce crystals, oral
presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging
Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, October 25-31, 2009.
M. Zhuravleva, C. L. Melcher, and
L. Eriksson, Photoluminescence characterization of scintillators for phoswich
detectors, oral presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical
Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, October 25-31, 2009.
L. Eriksson, D. Townsend, M.
Eriksson, M. Conti, C.L. Melcher PET Instrumentation: Past Present and Future,
oral presentation at the 10th International Workshop on Radiation Imaging
detectors, Helsinki, Finland, June29-July 3, 2008.
L. Eriksson, D.W. Townsend, M.
Conti, C.L. Melcher, M. Eriksson, B. W. Jakoby, H. Rothfuss, M.E. Casey, B.
Bendriem, Potentials for large axial field of view positron camera systems,
Oral presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging
Conference, Dresden, 19-25 Oct, 2008.
C. L. Melcher, Conference
Summary, invited oral presentation at the 9th International Conference on
Inorganic Scintillators and Their Applications, Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
June 4-8, 2007.
L. Eriksson, A History of PET
Instrumentation, invited oral presentation at the 9th International Conference
on Inorganic Scintillators and Their Applications, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, June 4-8, 2007.
J. D. Peak, C. L. Melcher, P. D.
Rack, Combinatorial thin film synthesis of scintillation materials, oral
presentation at the 9th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and
Their Applications, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 4-8, 2007.
K. Yang, C.L. Melcher, P.D. Rack,
and L. Eriksson, Effects of calcium co-doping on charge traps in LSO:Ce
crystals, oral presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical
Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, November, 2007.
L. Eriksson, C.L. Melcher, M.
Eriksson, R. Grazioso, M. Aykac, Design considerations of phoswich detectors
for high resolution positron emission tomography, oral presentation at the IEEE
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu, 27 Oct. 30
- Nov. 5, 2007.
C. L. Melcher, A brief history of
LSO: from conception to commercial implementation, invited oral keynote
presentation at the 1st European Conference on Molecular Imaging Technology,
Marseille, France, May 9-12, 2006.
Poster presentations
L. Eriksson, M. Conti, C. L.
Melcher, M. Zhuravleva, M. Eriksson, H. Rothfuss, LuYAP/LSO phoswich detectors
for high resolution positron emission tomography, poster presentation at IEEE
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, Nov. 1-5,
2010.
K. Yang, M. Zhuravleva, P.
Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher, Temperature response and thermoluminescence of
SrI2:Eu2+ single crystals, poster presentation at IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium
and Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, Nov. 1-5, 2010.
S. St. James, M. Koschan, C. L.
Melcher, S. R. Cherry, Characterizing the performance of a 220 micron
depth-of-interaction LSO PET detector, poster presentation at IEEE Nuclear
Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, Nov. 1-5, 2010.
S. St. James, P. Cutler, C. L.
Melcher, S. R. Cherry, Pushing the spatial resolution limits in positron
emission tomography: the effect of inter-crystal scatter and event positioning
with sub-mm crystals, poster presentation at IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and
Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, Nov. 1-5, 2010.
J. D. Peak, C. L. Melcher, P. D.
Rack, Thin film combinatorial exploration of scintillator materials, poster
presentation at IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference,
Knoxville, Nov. 1-5, 2010.
M. Zhuravleva, K. Yang, and C.
Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of KGd2Cl7:Ce, poster
presentation at the 16th International Conference on Crystal Growth, Beijing,
China, August 8-13, 2010.
M. Koschan, B. Goodwin, B.
Blalock, C. Ahn, A. Green, M. Zhuravleva, D. Fielden, C. L. Melcher, Lithium
yttrium borate crystals for radiation detection, poster presentation at the
16th International Conference on Crystal Growth, Beijing, China, August 8-13,
2010.
K. Yang, M. Zhuravleva, B.
Blalock, C.L. Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of Cs3EuI5
crystals, poster presentation at the 16th International Conference on Crystal
Growth, Beijing, China, August 8-13, 2010.
M. Zhuravleva, L. Eriksson, M.
Koschan, R. Grazioso, H. Rothfuss, F. Bauer, C. L. Melcher, Wavelength Shifting
Phoswich Detectors for Superior Depth-of-Interaction Resolution, poster
presentation at the DOE Radiochemistry and Radionuclide Imaging Instrumentation
Program Contractor-Grantee Workshop, Rockville, MD, USA, Jan 5-6, 2010.
L. Eriksson, C.L. Melcher, M.
Zhuravleva, M. Eriksson, M. Conti ,Phoswich solutions for the PET DOI problem,
poster presentation at the Imaging 2010 conference in Stockholm, June 8 - 11,
2010.
K. E. Johanns and G. M. Pharr, A
Study of Indentation Cracking with Finite Element Modeling using Cohesive
Elements, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2010.
K. E. Johanns and G. M. Pharr, FE
Analysis of Median Cracking During Wedge Indentation, Gordon Research
Conference on Thin Films and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior, Waterville, ME,
2010.
M. Spurrier Koschan, L. Nadaraia,
N. Jalabadze, K. Yang, H. Rothfuss, J. Bohling, C. L. Melcher, Comparison of
nanopowder and unreacted mixed oxide powders as raw materials for the
Czochralski Growth of YSO, poster presentation at the 17th American Conference
on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, Lake Geneva, WI, August 9-14, 2009.
L. Eriksson, M. Conti, C.L.
Melcher, D.W. Townsend, M. Eriksson, H. Rothfuss, M.E. Casey, , B. Bendriem,
Towards sub-minute PET examination times, poster presentation at the IEEE
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct
25-31, 2009.
M. Zhuravleva, K. Yang, M.
Spurrier-Koschan, P. Szupryczynski, A. Yoshikawa and C.L. Melcher, Crystal
growth and characterization of LuAG:Ce:Tb scintillator, poster presentation at
the 17th American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, Lake Geneva, WI,
USA, Aug 9-14, 2009.
K. E. Johanns, J. H. Lee, Y. F.
Gao, and G. M. Pharr, A Finite Element Model of Indentation Fracture,
International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics &
Composites, Daytona Beach, FL, 2009.
Paul Cutler, Mariya Zhuravleva,
A. Andrew Carey, Piotr Szupryczynski, Merry A. Spurrier, Charles L. Melcher,
Rare-earth activated lutetium aluminum garnet powders synthesized via a citrate-nitrate
method, poster presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical
Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct 25-31, 2009.
A. F. Rakov, R. H. Bartram, A. K.
Islamov, C. L. Melcher, U. S. Salikhbaev, Restored thermoluminescence in oxide
crystals, poster presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical
Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct 25-31, 2009.
A. F. Rakov, R. H. Bartram, N. I.
Faleev, A. K. Islamov, C. L. Melcher, Thermoluminescent properties of LSO:Ce
crystal, poster presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical
Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct 25-31, 2009.
M. Conti and H. Rothfuss, Time
resolution for scattered and unscattered coincidences in a TOF PET scanner,
poster presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging
Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct 25-31, 2009.
H. Rothfuss and V. Panin,
Modified ordered subsets scheme for attenuation weighted reconstruction, poster
presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging
Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct 25-31, 2009.
K. Yang, M.A. Spurrier, H.
Rothfuss, L. Eriksson, C. L. Melcher, The effect of calcium co-doping on
praseodymium doped LSO, poster presentation at the Symposium on Radiation
Measurements and Applications, Berkeley, CA, June, 2008.
K. E. Johanns, J. H. Lee, Y. F.
Gao, and G. M. Pharr, A Finite Element Model of Indentation Fracture, Gordon
Research Conference on Thin Films and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior,
Waterville, ME., 2008.
C. L. Melcher, L. Eriksson, H.
Rothfuss, R. Grazioso, M. A. Spurrier, F. Bauer, Properties of LSO-LSO phoswich
detectors, poster presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and
Medical Imaging Conference, Dresden, Germany, October 20-25, 2008.
M.A. Spurrier, C. L. Melcher, P.
Szupryczynski, K. Yang, A. A. Carey, Effects of Ca2+ co-doping on the
scintillation properties of LSO:Ce, poster presentation at the IEEE 9th
International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications,
Winston- Salem, NC, June 4-8, 2007.
J. D. Peak, C. L. Melcher, P. D.
Rack, Combinatorial synthesis of thin film scintillation materials, poster
presentation at the 54th International AVS Conference, Seattle, Washington,
October 14-19, 2007.
M. A. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski,
H. Rothfuss, K. Yang, A. A. Carey, C. L. Melcher, The effect of co-doping on
the growth stability and scintillation properties of LSO:Ce, poster
presentation at the 15th International Conference on Crystal Growth, Salt Lake
City, Utah, August 12-17, 2007.
L. Eriksson, D. Townsend, M.
Conti, M. Eriksson, C. Bohm, H. Rothfuss, M. Schmand, M.E. Casey, Bernard
Bendriem, Future instrumentation in positron emission tomography, poster
presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging
Conference, San Diego, Oct 29-Nov 4, 2006.
L. A. Eriksson, D. Townsend, M.
Eriksson, M. E. Casey, M. Schmand, M. Conti, C. Michel, C. L. Melcher, B.
Bendriem, T. Jones, and R. Nutt, Potentials for a fifth generation PET scanner
for oncology, poster presentation at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and
Medical Imaging Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 23-29, 2005.