Digitized Video Subject Positioning and Surveillance System for PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1024-1029

  Picard, Y ^a   Thompson, C J ^b  

^a Medical Physics Unit and Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University ^*

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MONITORING; VIDEO CAMERAS;

CHARGE COUPLE DEVICE CAMERAS; FIELD OF VIEW; POSITION MONITORING; VIDEO CAMERA-BASED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029358207     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467754     Document Type: Article

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