Three-gamma annihilations as a new modality in PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3752-3756

  Kacperski, Krzysztof ^a   Spyrou, Nicholas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Positron emission tomography; Three gamma annihilation

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

PHOTON ENERGIES; SPATIAL DENSITY; THREE-GAMMA ANNIHILATION; THREE-GAMMA IMAGING;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 23844470623     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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