A high resolution, monolithic crystal, PET/MRI detector with DOI positioning capability

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2287-2290

  Li, Xiaoli ^a   Lockhart, Cate ^b   Lewellen, Tom K ^b   Miyaoka, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING;

CONVENTIONAL DESIGN; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; GEIGER MODE OPERATION; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICRO-PIXEL AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; POSITIONING ALGORITHMS; SOLID-STATE PHOTODETECTORS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM ORTHOSILICATE; SILICATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUTETIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SILICATES;

EID: 61849123310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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