RPC-PET: A new very high resolution PET technology

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2489-2494

  Blanco, A ^a   Carolino, N ^a   Correia, C M B A ^b   Fazendeiro, L ^a   Ferreira, Nuno C ^c   Ferreira Marques, M F ^d,e   Ferreira Marques, R ^a,d   Fonte, P ^a,e   Gil, C ^d   Macedo, M P ^b,e  

^a LIP Coimbra   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gas detectors; Image resolution; Medical imaging; PET+; Positron sensitive particle detectors

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS DETECTORS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATE (NECR); RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBER (RPC) TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEM COUNT RATE PERFORMANCE;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 33750386378     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.876005     Document Type: Article

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