Design of a very high-resolution small animal PET scanner using a silicon scatter detector insert

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4653-4677

  Park, Sang June ^a   Rogers, W Leslie ^a,b   Clinthorne, Neal H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SCATTERING; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICON DETECTORS;

ANNIHILATION PHOTON; FILTERED BACKPROJECTION (FBP); MOUSE IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 34547119925     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/15/019     Document Type: Article

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