Calibration of a radioactive ink-based stack phantom and its applications in nuclear medicine

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-207

  El Ali, H ^a   Ljungberg, M ^a   Strand, S E ^a   Palmer, J ^a   Malmgren, L ^a   Nilsson, J ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activity distribution; Activity ink; Calibration; Ink jet printer; Stack phantom

Indexed keywords

INK; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ACCURACY; CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; HEART; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHANTOM; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STACK PHANTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037729043     PISSN: 10849785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/108497803765036364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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