Instrumentation optimization for positron emission mammography

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 527, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 76-82

  Moses, William W ^a   Qi, Jinyi ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fisher information matrix; PEM camera design and optimization; Positron emission mammography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CAMERAS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; PEM CAMERA DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY (PEM);

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942711894     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.03.066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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