In-beam PET measurement of 7Li3+ irradiation induced β+-activity

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4443-4453

  Priegnitz, M ^a   Mockel D ^a   Parodi, K ^b   Sommerer, F ^c   Fiedler, F ^a   Enghardt, W ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

IN-SITU; NON-INVASIVE MONITORING; PET SCANNERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON; GRAPHITE; LITHIUM; POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; ENERGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOACTIVITY;

BETA RAYS; HEAVY IONS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LITHIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 51849105676     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/16/015     Document Type: Article

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