Fast spiral SPECT with stationary γ-cameras and focusing pinholes

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1292-1299

  Vaissier, Pieter E B ^a   Goorden, Marlies C ^a   Vastenhouw, Brendan ^a,b   Van Der Have, Frans ^a,b   Ramakers, Ruud M ^a,b,c   Beekman, Freek J ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MILabs BV   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic imaging; Pinhole; Small animal; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BILIARY TRACT; BONE AND BONES; GAMMA CAMERAS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84864742006     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.101899     Document Type: Article

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