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Design considerations of small-animal SPECT cameras

Meikle et al., 2014

Document ID
821324948114123872
Author
Meikle S
Kench P
Lin J
Publication year
Publication venue
Molecular Imaging of Small Animals: Instrumentation and Applications

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Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a tomographic imaging modality based on the radiotracer principle [1]. It is used to measure the 3D distribution of radiolabelled molecules in vivo using very sensitive radiation detectors and mathematical …
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    • G01T1/164—Scintigraphy
    • G01T1/1641—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras
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