The investigation of different cameras for in-beam PET imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 279-296

  Pawelke, J ^a   Byars, L ^b   Enghardt, W ^c   Fromm, W D ^a,e   Geissel, H ^d   Hasch, B G ^a   Lauckner, K ^a   Manfrass P ^a,f   Schardt, D ^d   Sobiella, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Byars Consulting   (United States)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^e Akademie Dresden   (Germany)

^f Ingenieurgesellschaft IAF R   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; DOSIMETRY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BETA RAYS; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; NEON; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 13344282099     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/2/006     Document Type: Article

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