Quantitative imaging and correction for cascade gamma radiation of 76Br and 2D and 3D PET

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 3519-3534

  Lubberink, Mark ^a,b   Schneider, Harald ^b   Bergström, Mats ^b   Lundqvist, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS;

IMAGE CONTRAST;

GAMMA RAYS;

BROMINE; FLUORINE 18; INDIUM; IODINE 124; RADIOISOTOPE; YTTERBIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORINE; ISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; TIME;

BROMINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; GAMMA RAYS; ISOTOPES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0037037761     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/19/306     Document Type: Article

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