Performance of a whole-body PET scanner using curve-plate NaI(Tl) detectors

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1821-1830

  Adam, L E ^a   Karp, J S ^a   Daube Witherspoon, M E ^a   Smith, R J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C PET; International Electrotechnical Commission; NaI PET; National Electrical Manufacturers Association; Performance measurements; PET

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; FLUORINE 18; SODIUM IODIDE; THALLIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SODIUM IODIDE; THALLIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035659148     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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