Design of a compact, mobile PET detector for bedside cardiac imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2438-2441

  Tipnis, Uday J ^a   Gilland, David R ^a   Smith, Mark F ^b   Drane, Walter E ^c   Majewski, Stan ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTORS; GEOMETRY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PRODUCT DESIGN; SAMPLING;

ANGULAR SAMPLING; DETECTOR POSITIONS; PHANTOMS; PLANAR DETECTORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11844253845     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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