Performance evaluation of MMP-II: A second-generation small animal PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 21-26

  Correia, John A ^a   Burnham, Charles A ^a   Kaufman, David ^a   Brownell, Anna Liisa ^a   Fischman, Alan J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

LSO; PET; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

LSO; PANEL DETECTORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2342625310     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.823058     Document Type: Article

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