Characterization of a high-purity germanium detector for small-animal SPECT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5877-5888

  Johnson, Lindsay C ^a,b   Campbell, Desmond L ^a   Hull, Ethan L ^c   Peterson, Todd E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PHDs Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GAMMA CAMERAS; HIGH-PURITY GERMANIUM; HIGH-PURITY GERMANIUM DETECTOR; INTRINSIC EFFICIENCY; POINT SOURCES; SMALL-ANIMAL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRIP DETECTORS;

ANIMALS;

GERMANIUM;

GERMANIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAMMA CAMERAS; GERMANIUM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, ANIMAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 80052072992     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/18/007     Document Type: Article

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