Performance evaluation of a large axial field-of-view PET scanner: SET- 2400W

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-313

  Fujiwara, Takehiko ^a   Watanuki, Shoichi ^a   Yamamoto, Seiichi ^b   Miyake, Masayasu ^a   Seo, Shinya ^a   Itoh, Masatoshi ^a   Ishii, Keizou ^a   Orihara, Hikonojyou ^a   Fukuda, Hiroshi ^a   Satoh, Tomohiko ^c   Kitamura, Keishi ^c   Tanaka, Kazumi ^c   Takahashi, Shigekazu ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

2D; Performance evaluation; Positron emission tomography; Whole body scan

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031417837     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03165298     Document Type: Article

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