Performance evaluation of raytest ClearPET™ a PET scanner for small and medium size animals

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2859-2864

  Roldan, P Sempere ^a   Canadas M ^b   Dietzel, O ^c   Pautrot, C ^a   Sarasola, I ^b   Wagner, A ^c  

^a Raytest France   (France)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c Raytest Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; KETONES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING;

CLEARPET; CRYSTAL CLEAR COLLABORATION; MEDIUM SIZE; MULTI-MODALITY; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PET SCANNERS; SMALL DIAMETER; SMALL-ANIMAL PET;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 48149104246     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436731     Document Type: Conference Paper

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