Operational and performance report on ANIPET, a versatile PET scanner for laboratory animals

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Nguyen, K Q ^a   Thompson, C J ^a   Kecani, S ^a,b   Nikinnen, L ^b   El Fassi, A Ben ^a   Reader, A ^c   Zhang, N ^a   Diksic, M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COINCIDENCE TIMING RESOLUTION; FIELD OF VIEW; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034593625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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