A triple-head solid state camera for cardiac Single Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6319, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Babla, H ^a   Bai, C ^a   Conwell, R ^a  

^a Digirad Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac SPECT; Cardio centric imaging; Nuclear imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC SPECT; CARDIO-CENTRIC IMAGING; ENERGY RESOLUTION; NUCLEAR IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

CAMERAS; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

SOLID STATE DEVICES;

EID: 33750710443     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.683765     Document Type: Conference Paper

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