Development of a brain PET system, PET-Hat: A wearable PET system for brain research

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3 PART 1, 2011, Pages 668-673

  Yamamoto, Seiichi ^a   Honda, Manabu ^b   Oohashi, Tutomu ^c   Shimizu, Keiji ^d   Senda, Michio ^d  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Foundation for Advancement of International Science   (Japan)

^d Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; GSO; PET; PSPMT; wearable

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COSTS; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

AXIAL FIELD OF VIEWS; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; MECHANICAL SUPPORT; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PSPMT; TIMING RESOLUTIONS; WEARABLE;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959376414     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2105502     Document Type: Article

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