A simulation study for the design of a prototype insert for whole-body PET scanners

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1143-1149

  Janecek, Martin ^a,b   Wu, Heyu ^a,b   Tai, Yuan Chuan ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction (DOI); Head and neck imaging; High resolution imaging; Monte Carlo Emulations; Pseudo pinhole positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); HEAD AND NECK IMAGING; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING; PSEUDO PINHOLE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33746378339     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.871899     Document Type: Article

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