Detectors for medical radioisotope imaging: Demands and perspectives

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 683-692

  Lopes, M I ^a,b   Chepel, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gamma camera; Medical imaging; PET; Radiation detectors; SPECT

Indexed keywords

LIVING ORGANISMS; RADIOISOTOPE IMAGING;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION; IONIZATION; MACHINE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 4344710504     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2004.04.058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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