A high resolution PET insert system for clinical PET/CT scanners

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5442-5444

  Wu, Heyu ^a   Songl, Tae Yong ^a   Pal, Debashish ^b   Keesing, Daniel B ^b   Komarov, Sergey ^a   O'Sullivan, Joseph A ^b   Tai, Yuan Chuan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SWITCHES; BLOCK DETECTORS; CT SCANNERS; DETECTOR BLOCKS; DETECTOR MODULE; EM ALGORITHMS; ENCODED SIGNALS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; HIGH-RESOLUTION PET; INSERT MODE; LOOK UP TABLE; LSO CRYSTALS; NORMAL MODES; NORMAL OPERATIONS; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PET SCANNER; PET/CT SCANNERS; PHOTO PEAKS; POINT SOURCES; SCANNER SYSTEMS; SINOGRAMS; SYSTEM ELECTRONICS; TIMING ALIGNMENT; TRANSLATION STAGE;

DETECTORS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SODIUM; STATISTICAL TESTS; TABLE LOOKUP; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SCANNING;

EID: 67649235102     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774485     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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