Design simulation of a rotating dual-headed PET/CT scanner for breast imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1524-1529

  Lamare, F ^a   Bowen, S L ^b   Visvikis, D ^a   Cortes, P ^a   Wu, Y ^b   Tran, V H ^c   Boone, J M ^d   Cherry, S R ^b   Badawi, R D ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ACTIVITY; ATTENUATION DISTRIBUTION; BREAST IMAGING; DESIGN SIMULATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTENUATION EQUALIZERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; IMAGE SENSORS; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33846649450     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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