The future of SPECT in a time of PET

Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 733-735

  Jansen, Floris P ^a   Vanderheyden, Jean Luc ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CZT; Detector technology; Molecular imaging; Resolution; Sensitivity; SPECT

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

COLLIMATOR; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

FORECASTING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848833610     PISSN: 09698051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.06.013     Document Type: Review

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