Multi-element Linear Array of Silicon Detectors for Imaging Beta Emitting Compounds in the Coronary Arteries

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1416-1419

  Janecek, Martin ^a   Hoffman, Edward J ^a   Tull, Carolyn R ^b   Patt, Bradley E ^b   Iwanczyk, Jan S ^b   MacDonald, Lawrence ^b   Maculewicz, George J ^b   Ghazarossian, Vartan ^c   Strauss, H William ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Photon Imaging Inc   (United States)

^c Imetrx Inc   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES;

BETA IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0142179054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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