Positron emission imaging using acquired cone-surfaces from opposing compton cameras

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 2810-2814

  Gillam, John E ^a   Beveridge, Toby E ^a   Lewis, Rob A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTONS; VECTORS;

COMPTON CAMERAS; CONE-SURFACES; MECHANICAL COLLIMATION; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION DEVICES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844522396     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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