Design and initial performance of PlanTIS: A high-resolution positron emission tomograph for plants

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 635-646

  Beer, S ^a   Streun, M ^a   Hombach, T ^a   Buehler, J ^a   Jahnke, S ^a   Khodaverdi, M ^a,b   Larue, H ^a   Minwuyelet, S ^a   Parl, C ^a   Roeb, G ^a   Schurr, U ^a   Ziemons, K ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; ANIMAL STUDIES; CLEARPET; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; DATA ACQUISITION ARCHITECTURE; DETECTOR MODULE; DETECTOR SYSTEMS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FRONT END ELECTRONICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION PET; HORIZONTAL PLANES; IN-PLANTS; IN-VIVO; LIST-MODE FORMATS; PHOSWICH; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; PLANT MEASUREMENT; PLANT STUDY; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPH; POSITRON EMITTERS; SYSTEM GEOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; TRACER MOLECULES; UPRIGHT POSITION;

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRONS; SCANNING; TOMOGRAPHY;

DETECTORS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HORDEUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76149121533     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/3/006     Document Type: Article

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