Development and testing of a restraint free small animal SPECT imaging system with infrared based motion tracking

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2090-2094

  Weisenberger, A G ^a   Kross, B ^a   Gleason, S S ^b   Goddard, J ^b   Majewski, S ^a   Meikle, S R ^c   Paulus, M J ^b   Pomper, M ^d   Popov, V ^a   Smith, M F ^a   Welch, B L ^a   Wojcik, R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTION COMPENSATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTORS; TRACKING (POSITION);

CRYSTAL SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS; IR BASED TRACKING SYSTEMS; RADIOLABELED TRACERS; SPECT IMAGING SYSTEMS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 19944427108     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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