Investigation of full-field CZT detector for emission mammotomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2667-2671

  Archer, Caryl N ^a   Tomai, Martin P ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CAMERAS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CADMIUM-ZINC-TELLURIDE (CZT); MAMMOTOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS; ROTATION ORBITS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11844305962     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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