Recent developments in positron emission tomography (PET) instrumentation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 671, Issue , 1986, Pages 232-243

  Derenzo, Stephen E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOGRAPHY - GAMMA RAY;

ADVANCED TOMOGRAPHS; DETECTORS; PHOTON SCATTERING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0023015295     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.966701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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