A LSO beta microprobe for measuring input functions for quantitative small animal PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 2713-2716

  Maramraju, S ^a   Stoll, S ^b   Woody, C ^b   Schlyer, D ^b   Schiffer, W ^b   Lee, D ^b   Dewey, S ^b   Vaska, P ^b  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CRYSTALS; GAMMA RAYS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BETA MICROPROBES; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE (LSO) CRYSTALS; RODENTS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 38549179322     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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