Performance measurements for the PET/CT Discovery-600 using NEMA NU 2-2007 standards

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 968-974

  De Ponti, E ^a   Morzenti, S ^a   Guerra, L ^a   Pasquali, C ^a   Arosio, M ^a   Bettinardi, V ^b,c   Crespi, A ^a   Gilardi, M C ^b,c,d   Messa, C ^a,c,d  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discovery 600; NEMA NU 2 2007; PET CT

Indexed keywords

DISCOVERY-600; LOW ENERGY THRESHOLDS; NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS; NEMA NU 2-2007; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; SCATTER FRACTIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 79551678258     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3544655     Document Type: Article

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