Design and performance of gamma and beta intra-operative imaging probes

Physica Medica

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 243-246

  Hoffman, E J ^a   Tornai, M P ^a   Levin, C S ^a   MacDonald, L R ^b   Siegel, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging Probes; Intra operative Imaging; Scintillation Cameras; Tumor Detection

Indexed keywords

BETA RADIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL; FIBEROSCOPE; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTISCANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031432564     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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