Fabrication and characterization of a 0.5-mm lutetium oxyorthosilicate detector array for high-resolution PET applications

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-121

  Stickel, Jennifer R ^a,c   Qi, Jinyi ^b   Cherry, Simon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High spatial resolution; Instrumentation; Lutetium oxyorthosilicate; Small animal PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE; SILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ENERGY; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUSE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; AUTOMATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HINDLIMB; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTISCANNING; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; HINDLIMB; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; SILICATES; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847264981     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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