MR compatible brain PET using tileable GAPD arrays

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3556-3559

  Jung, Jin Ho ^a   Choi, Yong ^a   Hong, Key Jo ^a   Kang, Ji Hoon ^a   Hu, Wei ^a   Min, Byung Jun ^a   Huh, Yoon Suk ^a   Shin, Seung Han ^a   Lim, Hyun Keong ^a   Kim, Dae Shik ^a   Jin, Han Byul ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; ANALOG SIGNALS; ARRIVAL TIME; BRAIN PHANTOMS; DECODER CIRCUITS; DESIGN SCHEME; DETECTOR MODULE; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; GRADIENT COIL; HIGH QUALITY; HUMAN BRAIN; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; LYSO CRYSTALS; MATRIX; MODULE PERFORMANCE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MR IMAGING; MR SEQUENCE; MR-COMPATIBLE; PET IMAGING; PHANTOM IMAGES; WHITE MATTER;

CABLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 77951161396     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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