Performance evaluation of an MRI-compatible pre-clinical PET system using long optical fibers

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1052-1062

  Mackewn, Jane E ^a   Halsted, Philip ^a   Geoffrey, Charles Edwards ^a,c   Page, Richard ^a   Totman, John J ^a   Sunassee, Kavitha ^a   Strul, Daniel ^a   Hallett, William A ^a,b   Maite, Jauregui Osoro ^a   Liepins, Peter ^a   Williams, Steven C R ^a   Schaeffter, Tobias ^a   Keevil, Stephen F ^a,c   Marsden, Paul K ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Optical fibers; PET; Small animal imagers

Indexed keywords

COUNT RATES; FIELD OF VIEWS; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; IMAGERS; INNER DIAMETERS; MR SCANNERS; MR-COMPATIBILITY; MR-COMPATIBLE; MRI COMPATIBLE; MRI SCANNERS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PET SCANNER; PHILIPS; PRE-CLINICAL; SCATTER FRACTIONS; SMALL ANIMAL; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGERS; SYSTEM SENSITIVITY; WHOLE BODY;

ANIMALS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCANNING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77953729026     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2044891     Document Type: Article

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