PET performance of the GEMINI TF: A time-of-flight PET/CT scanner

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1940-1944

  Muzic Jr , Raymond F ^a,b   Kolthammer, Jeffrey A ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LUTETIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICATES; YTTRIUM;

CONCENTRATION RATIO; PHANTOM SCANS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) CAPABILITY; TRANSVERSE RESOLUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 38649103844     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354274     Document Type: Conference Paper

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