Initial evaluation of the Indiana small animal PET scanner

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2394-2398

  Rouze, Ned C ^a,b   Soon, Victor C ^a,b   Young, John W ^a,c   Siegel, Stefan ^a,d   Hutchins, Gary D ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CPS Innovations' Inc   (United States)

^d Concorde Microsystems Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; SCANNERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSAXIAL RESOLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCANNING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846608340     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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