Development of a Si-PM-based high-resolution PET system for small animals

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5817-5831

  Yamamoto, Seiichi ^a   Imaizumi, Masao ^b   Watabe, Tadashi ^b   Watabe, Hiroshi ^b   Kanai, Yasukazu ^b   Shimosegawa, Eku ^b   Hatazawa, Jun ^b  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY TIME; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; DETECTOR BLOCKS; FIELD OF VIEWS; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; HIGH GAIN; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION PET; MATRIX; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS; RAT IMAGES; SMALL ANIMAL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ANIMALS; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; DETECTORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESONANCE;

SILICON;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTRICITY; HEART; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MOUSE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RAT; SCINTISCANNING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRICITY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART; LIGHT; MICE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RATS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78249266285     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/19/013     Document Type: Article

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