Experimental evaluation of depth-of-interaction correction in a small-animal positron emission tomography scanner

Molecular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 311-318

  Green, Michael V ^a,b   Ostrow, Harold G ^a,b   Seidel, Jurgen ^a,b   Pomper, Martin G ^a,b,c  

^a Trident Imaging Inc   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL DETECTORS; CORRECTION METHOD; CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FIELD OF VIEWS; GAMMA RAY INTERACTIONS; PARALLAX ERROR; PET IMAGES; PHOSWICH DETECTOR; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ACCURACY; RADIAL DISTANCE; RADIAL DISTORTIONS; RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT; SMALL ANIMAL PET; SMALL-ANIMAL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GAMMA RAYS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; POSITRONS; SCANNING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUSE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649733754     PISSN: 15353508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7290.2010.00038     Document Type: Article

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