NEMA characterization of the SAFIR prototype PET insert

EJNMMI Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2022, Pages

  Khateri, Parisa ^a   Lustermann, Werner ^a   Ritzer, Christian ^a   Tsoumpas, Charalampos ^b   Dissertori, Günther ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic imaging; NEMA performance; PET; PET MRI; Preclinical imaging

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RAT; SMALL ANIMAL FAST INSERT FOR MRI SYSTEM; STANDARD;

EID: 85131824592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21977364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40658-022-00454-2     Document Type: Article

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