Near simultaneous combined SPECT/CT imaging using an EMCCD

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2607-2610

  Nagarkar, Vivek V ^a   Gaysinskiy, Valeriy ^a   Shestakova, Irina ^a   Singh, Bipin ^a   Teo, Kevin ^b   Sun, Mingh ^b   Barber, William C ^b   Hasegawa, Bruce ^b  

^a RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES;

CARDIAC PHANTOM; FIBEROPTIC TAPERS; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; X RAY IMAGING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846621631     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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