Published 1987 | Version v1
Book

Time-of-flight positron emission tomography (T.O.F. P.E.T.)

Creators

  • 1. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Grenoble, 38 (France). Lab. d'Electronique et de Technologie de l'Informatique

Description

The author describes the important steps which have been made in the development of time-of-flight positron imaging over the last two years. A high spatial resolution can be obtained and the overall sensitivity is quite close to that of conventional methods. (Auth.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Martinus Nijhoff.
Imprint Place
Dordrecht (Netherlands)
ISBN
90-247-3454-1
Imprint Title
Physics and engineering of medical imaging
Imprint Pagination
1029 p.
Journal Issue
no. 119
Series
NATO ASI Series.;Series E: Applied Sciences.
Journal Page Range
p. 902-912.

Conference

Title
NATO Advanced Study Institute on physics and engineering of medical imaging.
Dates
23 Sep - 5 Oct 1984.
Place
Maratea (Italy).

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
18076575
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COINCIDENCE METHODS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
Descriptors DEC
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RESOLUTION; TIMING PROPERTIES; TOMOGRAPHY

Optional Information

Notes
Imprint:Includes subject index; list of participants, and colour section.