PET/MRI system design

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 86-92

  Delso, Gaspar ^a   Ziegler, Sibylle ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equipment design; Instrumentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; MAGNETIC FIELD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; WHOLE BODY MRI; WHOLE BODY PET;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60549089954     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-1008-6     Document Type: Review

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