Proof-of-principle study of a small animal PET/field-cycled MRI combined system using conventional PMT technology

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 612, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 412-420

  Peng, Hao ^a,b   Handler, William B ^a   Scholl, Timothy J ^a   Simpson, P J ^a   Chronik, Blaine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual modality; Field cycled MRI; PET; PMT; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

COMBINED SYSTEM; DETECTION SYSTEM; DETECTOR GAIN; DUAL MODALITY; DYNAMIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; LONG TERM STABILITY; NORMAL OPERATIONS; PET DETECTORS; PET IMAGES; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; PULSED MAGNETIC FIELDS; REPEATED APPLICATION; SMALL ANIMAL; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC FIELDS; SYSTEM DESIGN; TIME RESOLUTION;

ANIMALS; DETECTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 72649098615     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.10.093     Document Type: Article

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