A PET imaging system dedicated to mammography

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 347-350

  Varela, J ^a,b,c  

^a LABORATÓRIO DE INSTRUMENTAÇÃO E FÍSICA EXPERIMENTAL DE PARTÍCULAS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; BANDWIDTH; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTODIODES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; READOUT SYSTEMS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (APD); NOISE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONICS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33751176877     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2006.03.065     Document Type: Article

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