Development of a PET Scanner for Simultaneously Imaging Small Animals with MRI and PET

Development of a PET Scanner for Simultaneously Imaging Small Animals with MRI and PET

Recently, positron emission tomography (PET) is playing an increasingly important role in the diagnosis and staging of cancer. Combined PET and X-ray computed tomography (PET-CT) scanners are now the modality of choice in cancer treatment planning. More recently, the combination of PET and magnetic...

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Main Authors: Christopher J Thompson, Andrew L Goertzen, Jonathan D Thiessen, Daryl Bishop, Greg Stortz, Piotr Kozlowski, Fabrice Retière, Xuezhu Zhang, Vesna Sossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-08-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
positron emission tomography (PET)
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
silicon photo-multipliers (SiPMs)
block crystal arrays
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/8/14654

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