Quantification issues in imaging data of MADPET-II small animal PET scanner using a system matrix based on Monte Carlo techniques

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 4192-4197

  Torres Espallardo, Irene ^a   Spanoudaki, Virginia Ch ^a   Rafecas, Magdalena ^a   Schirmer, Jasmine ^a   Ziegler, Sibylle I ^a  

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EID: 48149091764     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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