Detached multipinhole small animal SPECT device with real-time calibration

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2605-2612

  DiFilippo, Frank P ^a,b   Riffe, Matthew J ^c   Harsch, Kelley M ^b   Patrick McCabe, N ^b   Heston, Warren D ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Pinhole; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Small animal

Indexed keywords

PHANTOM; PINHOLE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT); SMALL ANIMAL;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TUNGSTEN;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750399790     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.882748     Document Type: Article

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