Performance evaluation of the PET sub-systems of two PET/CT imagers according to NEMA standard NU 2-2001

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-91

  Strigl, Markus ^a   Martínez, María José ^b   Zach, Christian ^a   Ziegler, Sibylle I ^b   Hahn, Klaus ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biograph; Gemini; NEMA NU 2 2001; PET performance measurements; PET CT

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646465432     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0939-3889-00295     Document Type: Article

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