The three-photon yield from e+ annihilation in various fluids

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Mercurio, K ^a   Zerkel, P ^b   Laforest, R ^b,c   Sobotka, L G ^a   Charity, R J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; POSITRONIUM; THREE-PHOTON FRACTION;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLUIDS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; NEON; NITROGEN; OCTANE; OXYGEN; SODIUM 22; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; THREE GAMMA ANNIHILATION IMAGING; THREE PHOTON IMAGING; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747603254     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/17/N05     Document Type: Article

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