Promising new photon detection concepts for high-resolution clinical and preclinical PET

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-170

  Levin, Craig S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D position; Contrast resolution; Depth of interaction; Detector; High resolution; Inter crystal scatter; PET; Photon sensitivity

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ACCURACY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASES; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SCINTILLATION; SHORT SURVEY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY PET;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 84856808294     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.084343     Document Type: Short Survey

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