Molecular imaging challenges with PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1485-1491

  Lecoq, Paul ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Metamaterial; Molecular imaging; PET

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DETECTOR; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; ENERGY RANGES; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; FUTURE TRENDS; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO IMAGING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEW APPROACHES; PET SCANNER; PHOTON COUNTING; READOUT ELECTRONICS; RECENT PROGRESS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STEM CELLS;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 77953937377     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2037417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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