A skew-slit collimator for small-animal SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-212

  Zeng, Gengsheng L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Molecular imaging; Pinhole; Slit collimator; Small animal SPECT; SPECT

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; ROTATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 57449101677     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.108.055582     Document Type: Article

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