A positron-decay triggered transmission source for positron emission tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 53-57

  Camborde, Marie Laure ^a,b   Thompson, Christopher J ^c   Togane, Dylan ^d   Zhang, Nan ^e   Reader, Andrew ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRIUMF   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e CPS Innovation Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Plastic scintillator; Positron decay; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

BINARY CODES; DISCRIMINATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHORS;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; POSITRON DECAY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2342529757     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.823019     Document Type: Article

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