MicroPET II: Design, development and initial performance of an improved microPET scanner for small-animal imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1519-1537

  Tai, Yuan Chuan ^a   Chatziioannou, Arion F ^b   Yang, Yongfeng ^d   Silverman, Robert W ^b   Meadors, Ken ^b   Siegel, Stefan ^c   Newport, Danny F ^c   Stickel, Jennifer R ^d   Cherry, Simon R ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Concorde Microsystems Inc ^*  (United States)

^d University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LABORATORIES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SMALL-ANIMAL IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

SODIUM 22;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART; MICE; MINIATURIZATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTOVERATRINES; QUALITY CONTROL; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0038510212     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/11/303     Document Type: Article

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