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Wong, 1985 - Google Patents

A new stratified detection system for positron emission tomography cameras

Wong, 1985

Document ID
16446630368668886714
Author
Wong W
Publication year
Publication venue
J. Nucl. Med.;(United States)

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A new stratified detection system for positron emission tomography cameras is proposed. Conventional PET cameras consist of a mono-stratum of detector ring for each image slice. The proposed design replaces the mono-stratum detector ring with a multi-strata detector …
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