PET systems: the value of added length

被引：15
作者：
Borasi, Giovanni [1 ]
Fioroni, Federica [1 ]
Del Guerra, Alberto [2 ]
Lucignani, Giovanni [3 ,4 ,5 ]
机构：
[1] Santa Maria Nuova Hosp, Dept Med Phys, I-42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy
[2] Univ Pisa, Dept Phys E Fermi, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[3] Univ Milan, Dept Biomed Sci & Technol, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[4] Univ Milan, Ctr Mol & Cellular Imaging IMAGO, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[5] San Paolo Hosp, Dept Diagnost Serv, Nucl Med Unit, I-20142 Milan, Italy
来源：
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING | 2010年 / 37卷 / 09期
关键词：
RPC-PET; SENSITIVITY;
D O I：
10.1007/s00259-010-1438-9
中图分类号：
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
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页码：1629 / 1632
页数：4
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