NEMA NU 2-2007 performance measurements of the Siemens Inveon™ preclinical small animal PET system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2359-2376

  Kemp, Brad J ^a   Hruska, Carrie B ^a   McFarland, Aaron R ^b   Lenox, Mark W ^b   Lowe, Val J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Siemens Medical Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTIONS; AXIAL FIELDS; COUNT RATE PERFORMANCE; CT SCANNERS; ENERGY WINDOWS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-COUNT RATES; LIGHT GUIDES; LINE SOURCES; LSO CRYSTALS; NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PET SCANNERS; POINT SOURCES; POSITION-SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; RING DIAMETERS; SCATTER FRACTIONS; SIEMENS; SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS; SMALL-ANIMAL PETS; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SYSTEM SENSITIVITIES; TOMOGRAPH; TRANSAXIAL; WINDOW WIDTHS;

CRYSTALS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME MEASUREMENT; WINDOWS;

SCANNING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RATS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64549141924     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/8/007     Document Type: Article

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