Feasibility Study for Positron Emission Mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 529-538

  Thompson, C J ^a   Murthy, K ^b   Weinbera, I N ^c   Mako, F ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FM Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

mammography; PET; spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; PLANNING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; SCANNING; X RAY SCREENS;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION RADIATION; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMITTING ISOTOPES; RADIO PHARMACEUTICALS; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ELECTRONS;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028231817     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597169     Document Type: Article

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