Monte Carlo simulation study of a dual-plate PET camera dedicated to breast cancer imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1667-1671

  Zhang, Jin ^a,b,c   Olcott, Peter D ^a,b   Foudray, Angela M K ^a,b,d   Chinn, Garry ^a,b   Levin, Craig S ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER IMAGING; FOCAL PLANE TOMOGRAPHY; POSITION-SENSITIVE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (PSAPD); SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AVALANCHE DIODES; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT MODULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; TUMORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846625832     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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