Feasibility study for SPECT mammography based on compact imagers rotating around breast vertical axis

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Pani, R ^a   Soluri, A ^b   Scafe R ^c   Pellegrini, R ^a   De Vincentis, G ^d   Cinti, M N ^a   Betti, M ^a   Inches, R ^a   Garibaldi, G ^g   Cusanno, F ^g   Gambaccini, M ^d   Fantini, A ^d   Taibi, A ^d   Olivo, A ^e   Pani, S ^e   Rigon, L ^e   Bollini, D ^f   Lanconelli, N ^f   Del Guerra, A ^h  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TUMORS; X RAY CAMERAS;

BREAST; GAMMA CAMERA; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY MAMMOGRAPHY; VERTICAL AXIS OF ROTATION;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034593765     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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