Design and performance evaluation of a whole-body Ingenuity TF PET-MRI system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3091-3106

  Zaidi, H ^a,b   Ojha, N ^c   Morich, M ^c   Griesmer, J ^c   Hu, Z ^c   Maniawski, P ^c   Ratib, O ^a   Izquierdo Garcia, D ^d   Fayad, Z A ^d   Shao, L ^c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; CT SYSTEM; DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC NOISE; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HARMFUL EFFECTS; IMAGE QUALITY MEASUREMENT; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PET IMAGING; PET SCANNER; PHILIPS; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; SCATTER FRACTIONS; STANDALONE SYSTEMS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TORSO PHANTOM; WHOLE-BODY;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; STANDARD; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 79955416013     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/10/013     Document Type: Article

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