Design and performance from an integrated PET/MRI system for small animals

Seiichi Yamamoto1, Masao Imaizumi2, Yasukazu Kanai2, Mitsuaki Tatsumi2, Masaaki Aoki3, Eiji Sugiyama3, Makoto Kawakami3, Eku Shimosegawa2, Jun Hatazawa2
1Department of Electrical Engineering, Kobe City College of Technology, Kobe, Japan
2Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
3Hitachi Metal Neomax Company, Saga, Japan

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