Investigation of the Physical Aspects of Beta Imaging Probes Using Scintillating Fibers and Visible Light Photon Counters

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1351-1357

  MacDonald, L R ^a   Tornai, M P ^a   Levin, C S ^a   Park, J ^a   Atac, M ^a   Cline, D B ^a   Hoffman, E J ^b  

^a Department of Physics Division of Nuclear Medicine and Biophysics of the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology The Crump Institute for Biological Imaging University of California ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOSPHORS; PROBES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SURGERY; TISSUE;

BETA IMAGING INTRA-OPERATIVE PROBES; HAND-HOLD IMAGING PROBES; MALIGNANT TISSUE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL; SCINTILLATING FIBERS; TUMOR; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTON COUNTERS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029359893     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467855     Document Type: Article

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