The ec at exact hr: Performance of a new high resolution positron scanner

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 110-118

  Wienhard, Klaus ^a   Dahlbom, Magnus ^b   Eriksson, Lars ^c   Michel, Christian ^d   Bruckbauer, Thomas ^a   Pietrzyk, Uwe ^a   Heiss, Wolf Dieter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emission computed tomography apparatus and equipment; Performance evaluation; Positron emission tomography techniques

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; POSITRONS; SCANNING;

EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT; FULL WIDTHS AT HALF MAXIMUMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HR PERFORMANCE; NEW HIGH; PERFORMANCES EVALUATION; PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY, TECHNIQUE; SIEMENS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GALLIUM 68; SODIUM 22;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAT; ENERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028006399     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199401000-00023     Document Type: Article

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