Lee et al., 2014 - Google Patents
Multipinhole collimator with 20 apertures for a brain SPECT applicationLee et al., 2014
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- Lee T
- Ellin J
- Huang Q
- Shrestha U
- Gullberg G
- Seo Y
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- Medical Physics
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Purpose: Several new technologies for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) instrumentation with parallel‐hole collimation have been proposed to improve detector sensitivity and signal collection efficiency. Benefits from improved signal efficiency …
- 238000002603 single-photon emission computed tomography 0 title abstract description 33
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