Clinical PET imaging with the C-PET camera

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-28

  Riggin, Sean L ^a   Kilroy, Kevin J ^a   Smith, Robin J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer imaging; Positron emission tomography; Quality control

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 68; SODIUM 22;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL;

FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034073629     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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