Performance evaluation of a multipinhole small animal SPECT system

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1988-1992

  Meikle, Steven R ^a   Kench, Peter ^b   Wojcik, Randy ^c,d   Smith, Mark F ^c   Weisenberger, Andrew G ^c   Majewski, Stan ^c   Lerch, Michael ^e   Rosenfeld, Anatoly B ^e  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^d Ray Visions Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; CURVE FITTING; GEOMETRY; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

APERTURES; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOLUTION; MODALITIES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 11844260050     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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