Clear-PEM: A dedicated pet camera for improved breast cancer detection

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 208-210

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Inst de Biofis Engenharia Biomed   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 31544457613     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci039     Document Type: Article

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