Implementation of a mobile cardiac PET imager for the emergency room and intensive care unit

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3705-3708

  Weisenberger, A G ^a   Majewski, S ^a   Gilland, D ^c   Hammond, W ^d   Hammond, B ^c   Kross, B ^a   Popov, V ^a   Proffitt, J ^a   McKisson, J ^a   Smith, M F ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; CHANNEL PLATES; CLINICAL TRIALS; CRYSTAL ARRAYS; CRYSTAL ELEMENTS; DETECTOR HEADS; FIELD OF VIEWS; LOW PROFILES; MODULAR FASHIONS; PHANTOM TESTS; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; ROOM ENVIRONMENTS; SCINTILLATING CRYSTALS; TRIGGER RATES; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA;

DETECTORS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; HOSPITALS; IMAGE SENSORS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 48349106334     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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