Simulated performance characteristics of an external Compton probe for prostate imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2366-2370

  Zhang, Lisha ^a   Rogers, W Leslie ^b   Clinthorne, Neal H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton camera; Compton imaging probe

Indexed keywords

COMPTON CAMERAS; COMPTON IMAGING PROBE; PROSTATE CANCER; SPECT;

CAMERAS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS; SCREENING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 11844288971     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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