Multi-pinhole SPECT imaging with silicon strip detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 646-652

  Peterson, Todd E ^a   Shokouhi, Sepideh ^a   Furenlid, Lars R ^b   Wilson, Donald W ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical nuclear imaging; Microstrip detectors,silicon radiation detectors; Small animal imagers; SPECTinstrumentation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL NUCLEAR IMAGING; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; EM ALGORITHMS; IODINE-125; MICROSTRIP DETECTORS,SILICON RADIATION DETECTORS; PINHOLE COLLIMATORS; PINHOLE IMAGING; PINHOLE SPECT; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; SILICON STRIP DETECTORS; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTINSTRUMENTATION; STRIP DETECTORS; SUBMILLIMETER; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGE SENSORS; IODINE; MICROMETERS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SILICON DETECTORS; SILICON SENSORS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 67649211046     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2012514     Document Type: Article

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