A prototype axial shield for use in 3D whole-body PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 10-15

  Cutler, P D ^a   Laforest, R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FIELD OF VIEW; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT; THREE DIMENSIONAL ACQUISITION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035246538     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.910823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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