Breast imaging with a dedicated PEM

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

Volumn 527, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Ribeiro, R ^a,d   Abreu, C ^a   Almeida, P ^b   Balau, F ^a   Bordalo, P ^a   Ferreira, N C ^c   Fetal, S ^a   Fraga, F ^a   Lecoq, P ^f   Martins, M ^b   Matela, N ^b   Moura, R ^a   Ortigao C ^a   Peralta, L ^a   Ramos, S ^a   Rato, P ^a   Rodrigues, P ^a   Santos, A I ^e   Trindade, A ^a   Varela, J ^a  

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

^b Inst de Biofis Engenharia Biomed   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Mammography; PEM; PET

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FATTY ACIDS; GLUCOSE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; METABOLISM; TUMORS; X RAYS;

BREASTS; PEM; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY (PEM); ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942750513     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.03.081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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