A 3-D monte carlo simulation of a small animal positron emission tomograph with millimeter spatial resolution

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 697-701

  Bevilacqua, A ^a   Bollini, D ^b   Del Guerra, A ^c   Di Domenico, G ^a   Galli, M ^a   Scandola, M ^b   Zavattini, G ^c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FERRARA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CRYSTAL THICKNESS; FINGER LIKE CRYSTALS; MILLIMETER SPATIAL RESOLUTION; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON DECAY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033312929     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.775601     Document Type: Article

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