Optimization of PET Instrumentation for Brain Activation Studies

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1048-1054

  Dahlbom, Magnus ^a   Cherry, Simon R ^a   Hoffman, Edward J ^a   Eriksson, Lars ^b   Wienhard, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DETECTORS;

NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0027644025     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.256711     Document Type: Article

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