Physical performance of a prototype 3D PET scanner using CdTe detectors

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2665-2668

  Yanagita, Norihito ^a   Morimoto, Yuuichi ^a   Ishitsu, Takafumi ^a   Suzuki, Atsurou ^a   Takeuchi, Wataru ^a   Seino, Tomoyuki ^a   Takahashi, Isao ^a   Ueno, Yuuichirou ^a   Amemiya, Kensuke ^a   Inoue, Shinichi ^a   Suzuki, Masanori ^a   Kozawa, Fusaaki ^a   Kubo, Naoki ^b   Tamaki, Nagara ^c  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

AXIAL FIELD OF VIEW; CDTE SEMICONDUCTOR; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HUMAN BRAINS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PATIENT PORT; PET DETECTORS; PET SCANNERS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION SR); TECHNICAL FEATURES; TIMING RESOLUTIONS; TRANSAXIAL FIELDS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 48149109281     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436694     Document Type: Conference Paper

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