Initial experience with a SiPM-based PET/CT scanner: influence of acquisition time on image quality

EJNMMI Physics - Tập 5 Số 1 - 2018
Ida Sonni1,2, Lucia Baratto1, Sonya Park1, Negin Hatami1, Shyam Srinivas1, Guido Davidzon1, Sanjiv S. Gambhir1, Andrei Iagaru1
1Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
2Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, USA

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