Feasibility study of using PEImager scanner for positron emission mammography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1406-1412

  Jan, Meei Ling ^a,b,c   Chuang, Keh Shih ^c   Ni, Yu Ching ^b   Pei, Cheng Chih ^b,d   Wu, Jay ^c   Yeh, Ching Kai ^b   Fu, Ying Kai ^b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d WUFENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; PEM; Positron emission mammography

Indexed keywords

BREAST IMAGING; LINE OF REGION (LOR); PEM; PLANAR TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; TUMORS;

SCANNING;

EID: 29144492865     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.858180     Document Type: Article

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