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Carel W E van Eijk 2002 Phys. Med. Biol. 47 R85 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/47/8/201

Inorganic scintillators in medical imaging

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Carel W E van Eijk

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TOPICAL REVIEW

A review of medical diagnostic imaging methods utilizing x-rays or gamma rays and the application and development of inorganic scintillators is presented.


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87.63.-d Non-ionizing radiation equipment and techniques

87.57.C- Image quality

87.57.U- Nuclear medicine imaging

87.57.uk Positron emission tomography (PET)

87.59.bd Computed radiography

87.57.uh Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

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Medical physics

Dates

Issue 8 (21 April 2002)

Received 4 January 2002

Published 5 April 2002



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