Performance evaluation and MR compatibility assessment of an optical fibre based pre-clinical MR-compatible PET scanner

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4662-4666

  Mackewn, J E ^a   Strul, D ^a   Charles Edwards, G ^b   Totman, J J ^a   Hallett, W A ^a,d   Halsted, P ^a   Page, R A ^a   Cash, D ^c   Schaeffter, T ^a   Williams, S C R ^c   Keevil, S F ^b   Marsden, P K ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; COUNT RATES; FIELD OF VIEWS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH FIELD; HIGH FIELD MRI; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; HOT SPOT; HUMAN SYSTEM; MOUSE BRAIN; MR IMAGES; MR SCANNERS; MR-COMPATIBILITY; MR-COMPATIBLE; MRI SCANNERS; OPTICAL FIBRE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PET IMAGES; PET SCANNER; PHILIPS; POINT SOURCES; PRE-CLINICAL; RF INTERFERENCE; SCATTER FRACTIONS; SMALL ANIMAL; TRANSAXIAL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

SCANNING;

EID: 67649215706     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774463     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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