Small animal PET scanner based on monolithic LYSO crystals: Performance evaluation

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 643-653

  Sanchez F ^a   Moliner, L ^a,b   Correcher, C ^a   Gonzlez, A ^a   Orero, A ^a   Carles, M ^a   Soriano, A ^a   Rodriguez Alvarez, M J ^a   Medina, L A ^c   Mora, F ^a   Benlloch, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

nuclear medicine; PET scanner; radionuclide imaging; small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHANTOMS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RATS; SCANNING;

MULTI-ANODE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATES; PET SCANNER; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SMALL ANIMAL PET SCANNERS; SMALL ANIMAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84856964990     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3673771     Document Type: Article

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