VrPET/CT:Development of a rotating multimodality scanner for small-animal imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4671-4674

  Lage, Eduardo ^a   Vaquero, Juan José ^a   Sisniega, Alejandro ^a   España, Samuel ^b   Tapias, Gustavo ^a   Udías, Ángel ^c   García, Verónica ^a   Rodríguez Ruano, Alexia ^a   Desco, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Positron emission tomography (PET); Small animal imaging; X ray computed tomography (CT)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STUDIES; AXIAL FIELD OF VIEWS; AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; CENTER OF ROTATION; CROSS SECTION; CRYSTAL MATRIX; DETECTOR MODULE; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; IMAGING MODALITY; IN-VIVO IMAGING; MULTI-MODALITY; PERFORMANCE TESTS; PET SCANNER; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SMALL-ANIMAL; TRANSAXIAL; TRANSAXIAL FIELD; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; ROTATION; SCANNING; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67649206968     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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