Optimization of a pet scanner design for prostate lesion detection

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1357-1360

  Qi, Jinyi ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CAMERAS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TUMORS;

LESIONS; PREWHITENING (PW); PROSTATE TUMORS; SEPTA DESIGN;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 11144289603     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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