Compact high resolution detector for small animal SPECT

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 3, 2000, Pages 1163-1167

  Schramm, N ^a   Wirrwar, A ^a   Sonnenberg', F ^b   Hailing, H ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

HIGH RESOLUTION SCINTIGRAPHY; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0034204676     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.856564     Document Type: Article

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