Development of an MR-compatible gamma probe for combined MR/RI guided surgery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3379-3388

  Yamamoto, Seiichi ^a,b   Kuroda, Kagayaki ^b   Senda, Michio ^b  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA PHOTONS; GAMMA PROBES;

GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; SCANNING; SCINTILLATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; SCINTILLATION PROBE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA CAMERAS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 4444349770     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/15/005     Document Type: Article

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