System performance simulations of the RatCAP awake rat brain scanner

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2247-2251

  Shokouhi, Sepideh ^a   Vaska, Paul ^b   Schlyer, David J ^b   Stoll, Scan P ^b   Villanueva Jr , Azael ^a   Kriplani, Aarti ^a   Woody, Craig L ^b   Volkow, Nora ^b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR BLOCKS; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE (LSO); PERFORMANCE SIMULATIONS; TOMOGRAPH;

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 11844286331     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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