Development of a combined microPET®-MR system

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2345-2348

  Lucas, Alun J ^b,c   Hawkes, Robert C ^a,b   Guerra, Pedro ^a,b   Ansorge, Richard E ^c   Nutt, Robert E ^d   Clark, John C ^b   Fryer, Tim D ^b   Carpenter, T Adrian ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

CAREFUL SYSTEM DESIGN; RADIOFREQUENCY (RF);

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 38649114714     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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