Aperture design for ultra-high resolution SPECT systems for small animal imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2785-2790

  Fu, Geng ^a   Tan, Jia Wei ^a   Meng, Ling Jian ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GAMMA CAMERAS; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PERFORMANCE INDEX; PINHOLE APERTURE; SMALL-ANIMAL IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION SR); SPECT SYSTEM; ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION; VARIABLE APERTURE;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FADING (RADIO); INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48149094390     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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