The challenge of detector designs for PET

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-309

  Lewellen, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Detectors; PET

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION; SOLID STATE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77955609487     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4741     Document Type: Review

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