A 3D hid ac-pet camera with sub-millimetre resolution for imaging small animals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 468-473

  Jeavons, A P ^a   Chandler, R A ^a   Dettmar, C A R ^a  

^a Oxford Positron Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTODIODES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AUTO RADIOGRAPHY; DEPTH OF INTERACTION; HIGH DENSITY AVALANCHE CHAMBER; SCATTER CORRECTED SENSITIVITY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033335619     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.775564     Document Type: Article

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