Performance evaluation of the low-cost high-sensitivity Rodent Research PET (RRPET) camera using Monte Carlo simulations

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2514-2518

  Zhang, Yuxuan ^b   Wong, Wai Hoi ^a,b   Baghaei, Hossain ^a,b   Kim, Soonseok ^b   Li, Hongdi ^a,b   Liu, Jiguo ^b   Liu, Shitao ^b   Ramirez, Rocio ^b   Wang, Yu ^a,b   Xie, Shuping ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

MECHANICAL MISALIGNMENT; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATE (NECR) CURVES; POINT SOURCE; TIME RELATED PARAMETERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846643673     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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