Evaluation of a dual-panel PET camera design to breast cancer imaging

Physica Medica

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 94-98

  Zhang, Jin ^a,b   Chinn, Gary ^a   Foudray, Angela M K ^a   Habte, Frezghi ^a   Olcott, Peter ^a   Levin, Craig S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Monte Carlo simulation; Position sensitive avalanche photodiode; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE; SILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CANCER; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34247275746     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1120-1797(06)80035-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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