A compact SPECT/CT system for small animal imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2601-2604

  Hong, Key Jo ^b   Choi, Yong ^a,b   Lee, Sang Chul ^c   Lee, Soo Yeol ^a,c   Song, Tae Yong ^b   Min, Byung Jun ^b   Jung, Jin Ho ^b   Choe, Yearn Seong ^b   Lee, Kyung Han ^b   Kim, Byung Tae ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multimodality imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography; Small animal imaging; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

MULTIMODALITY IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT); SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; X-RAY IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; X RAY TUBES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750411509     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.880972     Document Type: Article

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