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Modular gamma cameras: Improvements in scatter rejection, and characterization and initial clinical application

Chen, 1995

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545204419821286724
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Chen J
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This dissertation reports investigations into improvements of the performance of" modular" gamma-ray cameras. Each modular camera has a 10 cm x 10 cm NaI (Tl) scintillation crystal and four 5 cm x 5 cm photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). When the gamma-ray photons interact …
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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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    • G01T1/1644—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras using an array of optically separate scintillation elements permitting direct location of scintillations
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