Performance evaluation for 68Ga and 18F of the ARGUS small-animal PET scanner based on the NEMA NU-4 standard

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3454-3457

  Canadas M ^a   Sanz, E Romero ^a   Vives, M Oteo ^a   Vaquero, J J ^b   Desco, M ^b,c   Vicente, E ^d,e   Udias, J M ^d   Romero, L ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHODS; ITERATIVE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; POSITRON EMITTERS; POSITRON RANGE; RECOVERY COEFFICIENTS; SMALL ANIMAL PET; SMALL-ANIMAL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; POSITRONS; SCANNING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960321124     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874448     Document Type: Conference Paper

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