Performance evaluation of PETbox: A low cost bench top PET scanner dedicated to high throughput preclinical imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4013-4016

  Zhang, H ^a,b   Vu, N T ^a   Bao, Q ^a   Silverman, R W ^a   Stout, D B ^a   Taschereau, R ^a   Berry Pusey, B N ^a   Williams, D A ^a   Douraghy, A ^a   Rannou, F R ^c   Phelps, M E ^a   Chatziioannou, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; ACTIVE AREA; AVERAGE ENERGY; BASIC SYSTEMS; BGO CRYSTALS; BIODISTRIBUTIONS; DETECTOR HEADS; FPGA BOARDS; HIGH THROUGHPUT; HOST-PC; LIFE SUPPORTS; LIST MODE DATA; LONG AXIS; LOW COSTS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MOUSE TUMORS; MULTICHANNEL PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; NON-IMAGING; OVERALL COSTS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PET IMAGING; PET SCANNER; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PIXEL PITCH; READOUT CIRCUITRY; REAL TIME MONITORING; SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; SMALL ANIMAL PET SCANNERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEM USE; TIMING RESOLUTIONS; TIMING SIGNALS;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALS; DATA STRUCTURES; DETECTORS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THROUGHPUT; TIME MEASUREMENT;

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EID: 77951167444     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401918     Document Type: Conference Paper

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