Potentials for large axial field of view positron camera systems

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1632-1636

  Eriksson, L ^a,d,e   Townsend, D W ^b   Conti, M ^a   Melcher, C L ^c   Eriksson, M ^d   Jakoby, B W ^b,f   Rothfuss, H ^a   Casey, M E ^a   Bendriem, B ^a  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION TIME; AXIAL FIELD; AXIAL FIELD OF VIEWS; BIODISTRIBUTION; BLOCK DETECTORS; CURRENT LEVELS; LSO SCINTILLATOR; MODEL ESTIMATES; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATES; POSITRON CAMERA; RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS; RING SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATOR MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY INCREASE; SIEMENS; SYSTEM MODELS; TIMING RESOLUTIONS; WHOLE BODY;

CAMERAS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODEL STRUCTURES; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 60549095075     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4775110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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