Developments in instrumentation for emission computed tomography.
Instrumentation for emission computed tomography continues to evolve, taking advantage of developments in detector technology, data processing and correction methods, and reconstruction algorithms. This article reviews the basic principles and latest developments in emission computed tomography instrumentation, for both positron emission tomography and single-photon emission computed tomography applications.
Daube-Witherspoon
Margaret E
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Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Zubal
I George
IG
Karp
Joel S
JS
D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000145:classification / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000145:classification / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends