Performance evaluation of a dedicated camera suitable for dynamic radiopharmaceuticals evaluation in small animals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 454-460

  Loudos, George ^a,b   Majewski, Stan ^a,c   Wojcik, Randy ^c   Weisenberger, Andrew ^c   Sakellios, Nicolas ^b   Nikita, Konstantina ^a,b   Uzunoglu, Nikolaos ^a,b   Bouziotis, Penelope ^d   Xanthopoulos, Stavros ^d   Varvarigou, Alexandra ^d  

^a IEEE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dedicated gamma camera; Position sensitive photomultiplier tubes; Radiopharmaceuticals; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

DEDICATED GAMMA CAMERA; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; RADIODIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

BIOMOLECULES; DRUG PRODUCTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES;

CAMERAS;

EID: 34250773844     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.896212     Document Type: Article

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