The state of instrumentation for combined positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-18

  Vaska, Paul ^a,b   Cao, Tuoyu ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY; WHOLE BODY MRI; WHOLE BODY PET;

EID: 84870003476     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: 15584623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2012.08.003     Document Type: Review

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