Design and evaluation of the clear-PEM detector for positron emission mammography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3805-3809

  Santos, Ana I ^a   Almeida, Pedro ^b   Martins, Monica V ^b   Matela, Nuno ^b   Oliveira, Nuno ^b   Ferreira, Nuno C ^c   Aguiar, João D ^d   Almeida, Fernando G ^d,h   Lopes, Filipe ^d   Sampaio, José ^d   Bento, Pedro ^e   Gonçalves, Fernando ^e,j   Leong, Carlos ^e   Lousã, Pedro ^e   Silva, Luís ^e   Teixeira, Isabel C ^e,j   Teixeira, João P ^e,j   Abreu, Maria C ^f   Carriço, Bruno ^f   Mendes, Pedro R ^f   Pereira, Rui ^f   Sousa, Patrick ^f   Ferreira, Miguel ^g   Moura, Rui ^g   Ortigão, Catarina ^g   Peralta, Luís ^b,g   Ribeiro, Rui ^d,g,h   Rodrigues, P ^g   Silva, José C ^g   Trindade, Andreia ^g   Varela, João ^g,i,j   more..

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e INESC ID   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^g LABORATÓRIO DE INSTRUMENTAÇÃO E FÍSICA EXPERIMENTAL DE PARTÍCULAS   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

ⁱ CERN   (Switzerland)

^j INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTORS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RADIATION; SENSORS;

POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STANDARD MAMMOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INDICATORS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844449753     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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