Validation of PeneloPET positron range estimations

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2396-2399

  Cal Gonzalez J ^a   Herraiz, J L ^a   Espana S ^b   Desco, M ^c   Vaquero, J J ^d   Udias, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CORTICAL BONE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MEASURED DATA; PET IMAGES; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; POSITRON EMITTERS; POSITRON RANGE; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

BONE; BRAIN; ESTIMATION; GAMMA RAYS; ISOTOPES; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; POSITRONS; RUBIDIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 79960311052     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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