microPET II: An Ultra-high Resolution Small Animal PET System

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1848-1852

  Tai, Y C ^a   Chatziioannou, A F ^b   Silverman, R W ^b   Meadors, K ^b   Siegel, S ^c   Newport, D F ^c   Yang, Y ^d   Stickel, J ^d   Cherry, S 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   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ENERGY RESOLUTION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0142178301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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