Three-dimensional imaging characteristics of the HEAD PENN-PET scanner

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 636-643

  Karp, Joel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

positron emission tomography scanner performance; three dimensional volume imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SIZE; GAMMA RADIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFANT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030980637     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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