Evaluation of performance of dedicated, compact scintillation cameras

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  McElroy, D P ^a   Hoffman, E J ^a   MacDonald, L ^b   Patt, B E ^b   Iwanczyk, J S ^b   Yamaguchi, Y ^b   Levin, C S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Photon Imaging Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CRYSTALS; MAMMOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION; TUMORS;

POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION CAMERAS; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 0034594010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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