Development and performance evaluation of a single-ring OpenPET prototype

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3125-3127

  Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Kinouchi, Shoko ^b   Tashima, Hideaki ^a   Nishikido, Fumihiko ^a   Hirano, Yoshiyuki ^a   Inadama, Naoko ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaya, Taiga ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION DETECTORS; IN- SITU MONITORING; IRRADIATION FIELDS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEM SENSITIVITY;

DETECTORS; DROPS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IRRADIATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84881585712     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551713     Document Type: Conference Paper

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