SPECT-CT system for small animal imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50 I, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-79

  Weisenberger, A G ^a   Wojcik, R ^a   Bradley, E L ^b   Brewer, P ^b   Majewski, Stan ^a   Qian, J ^b   Ranck, A ^b   Saha, M S ^b   Smith, K ^b   Smith, Mark F ^a   Welsh, R E ^b  

^a Detector Group   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Single photon emission computed tomography; Small animal imaging; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA RAYS; IODINE; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION; X RAYS;

SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037291641     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.807949     Document Type: Article

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