Initial performance evaluation of a modular, large-area detector PET scanner for small animal imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2081-2084

  Kao, Chien Min ^a   Souris, Jeffrey S ^a   Cho, Seungryong ^a   Penney, Bill C ^a   Chen, Chin Tu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC SCANNING CONFIGURATIONS; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; MODULAR DETECTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745328725     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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