An investigation of sensitivity limits in PET scanners

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 580, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 836-842

  Eriksson, L ^a,b,c   Townsend, D ^d   Conti, M ^a   Eriksson, M ^b   Rothfuss, H ^a   Schmand, M ^a   Casey, M E ^a   Bendriem, B ^a  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D data acquisition; 3D imaging; Lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO); PET; Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

3D DATA ACQUISITION; 3D IMAGING; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE (LSO); WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 34548480517     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.06.112     Document Type: Article

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