Effect of 176Lu background on singles transmission for LSO-based PET cameras

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 3535-3541

  Huber, J S ^a   Moses, W W ^a   Jones, W F ^b   Watson, C C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CPS Innovations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS;

SIGNELS TRANSMISSION;

CAMERAS;

LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM ORTHOSILICATE; RADIOISOTOPE; SILICON DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NOISE; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING;

HUMANS; LUTETIUM; PHOTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0037037726     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/19/307     Document Type: Article

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