Initial performance assessment of a combined micro PET® focus-FI20 and MR split magnet system

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3673-3678

  Hawkes, Rob C ^a   Fryer, Tim D ^a   Lucas, Alun J ^c   Siegel, Stefan B ^b   Ansorge, Richard E ^c   Clark, John C ^a   Carpenter, T Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL BLOCK; CYLINDRICAL SPACE; DETECTOR GEOMETRY; ENERGY WINDOWS; FIBRE BUNDLE; GRADIENT COIL; LOW MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNET SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELD HOMOGENEITY; MICROPET; MR IMAGING; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATES; NOVEL DESIGN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PULSED GRADIENTS; RADIAL DISTANCE; RF COIL; RISETIME; SELF-SHIELDING; SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRAY FIELD; THREE AXES;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; WINDOWS;

CRYOSTATS;

EID: 67649188964     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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