Design for a high-resolution small-animal SPECT system using pixellated Si(Li) detectors for in Vivo125I imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 174-180

  Choong, W S ^a   Moses, W W ^a   Tindall, C S ^a   Luke, P N ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

In vivo; Iodine 125; Lithium drifted silicon Si(Li) ; Pixellated detector; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Small animal

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CYTOLOGY; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; GENES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHOTONS; SILICON; TUMORS;

IN VIVO; IODINE-125; LITHIUM-DRIFTED SILICON (SI(LI)); PIXELLATED DETECTOR; SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT); SMALL-ANIMAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 17644413201     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.843146     Document Type: Article

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