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3 | (5) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (8) |
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9 | (2) |
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Ionizing Radiation Detectors Development: High Energy Physics versus Medical Physics |
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11 | (3) |
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Ionizing Radiation Detectors for Medical Imaging |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (36) |
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17 | (1) |
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Physical Properties of X-Ray Screens |
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17 | (8) |
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20 | (3) |
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23 | (2) |
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Physical Properties of Radiographic Films |
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25 | (6) |
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Film Characteristic Curve |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (2) |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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Definition of Image-Quality |
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32 | (8) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (3) |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (4) |
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The Concept of Sampling Aperture |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (2) |
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Image-Quality of Screen-Film Combinations |
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44 | (9) |
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MTF, NPS and DQE Measurement |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (5) |
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Detectors for Digital Radiography |
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53 | (72) |
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53 | (5) |
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Characteristics of X-Ray Imaging Systems |
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58 | (6) |
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Figure of Merit for Image Quality: Detective Quantum Efficiency |
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58 | (3) |
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Integrating vs Photon Counting Systems |
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61 | (3) |
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Semiconductor materials for X-Ray Digital Detectors |
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64 | (5) |
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X-Ray Imaging Technologies |
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69 | (46) |
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Photo-Stimulable Storage Phosphor Imaging Plate |
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70 | (8) |
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Scintillators/Phosphor + Semiconductor Material (e.g. a-Si:H) + TFT Flat Panels |
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78 | (12) |
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Semiconductor Material (e.g. a-Se) + Readout Matrix Array of Thin Film Transistors (TFT) |
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90 | (3) |
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Scintillation Material (e.g. Csl) + CCD |
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93 | (3) |
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2D microstrip Array on Semiconductor Crystal + Integrated Front-End and Readout |
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96 | (4) |
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Matrix Array of Pixels on Crystals + VLSI Integrated Front-End and Readout |
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100 | (12) |
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X-Ray-to-Light Converter Plates (AlGaAs) |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (10) |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (8) |
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Detectors for CT Scanners |
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125 | (24) |
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125 | (1) |
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Basic Principle of CT Measurement and Standard Scanner Configuration |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (2) |
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Collimators and Filtration |
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133 | (4) |
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137 | (6) |
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Concepts for Multi-Row Detectors |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (4) |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (2) |
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Special Applications in Radiology |
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149 | (44) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (28) |
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150 | (5) |
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Digital Mammography with Synchrotron Radiation |
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155 | (3) |
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Subtraction Techniques at the k-Edge of Contrast Agents |
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158 | (8) |
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Detectors and Detector Requirements for Dichromography |
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166 | (3) |
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169 | (6) |
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Detectors for Phase Imaging |
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175 | (3) |
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178 | (15) |
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179 | (1) |
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Image formation and Detector Characterization |
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179 | (8) |
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Digital Subtraction Technique |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (4) |
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193 | (42) |
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193 | (5) |
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Traditional Autoradiography: Methods |
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195 | (2) |
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Traditional Autoradiography: Limits |
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197 | (1) |
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New Detectors for Autoradiography |
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198 | (1) |
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198 | (5) |
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198 | (1) |
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Commercial Systems and Performance |
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199 | (4) |
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203 | (6) |
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203 | (1) |
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203 | (3) |
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206 | (3) |
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209 | (10) |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (4) |
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219 | (2) |
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219 | (1) |
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Research and Commercial Systems |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (3) |
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221 | (1) |
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System Description and Performance |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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System Description and Performance |
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225 | (1) |
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225 | (10) |
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225 | (1) |
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System Description and Performance |
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226 | (5) |
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231 | (4) |
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Spect and Planar Imaging in Nuclear Medicine |
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235 | (52) |
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235 | (2) |
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237 | (15) |
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240 | (8) |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (4) |
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252 | (6) |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (1) |
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256 | (2) |
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258 | (6) |
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262 | (1) |
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Nuclear Medicine Applications |
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263 | (1) |
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Reconstruction Algorithms |
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264 | (14) |
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265 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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Ill-Conditioning and Regularization |
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266 | (2) |
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268 | (1) |
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Analytical Methods: Filtered Back-Projection |
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269 | (3) |
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272 | (6) |
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278 | (9) |
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High-Resolution SPECT Imaging |
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279 | (1) |
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Planar Imaging from Semiconductor Detectors |
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279 | (1) |
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Attenuation Corrected Imaging |
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280 | (3) |
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283 | (4) |
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Positron Emission Tomography |
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287 | (72) |
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Introduction to Emission Imaging |
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287 | (5) |
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Tomography Procedures and Terminologies |
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289 | (3) |
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Physics of Positron Emission Tomography |
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292 | (11) |
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Positron Emission and Radionuclides |
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292 | (4) |
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296 | (6) |
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Interaction of Gamma Rays in Biological Tissue |
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302 | (1) |
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Detection of Annihilation Photon |
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303 | (15) |
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Photon Detection with Inorganic Scintillator Crystals |
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304 | (7) |
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Inorganic Scintillator Readout |
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311 | (5) |
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Parallax Error, Radial Distortion and Depth of Interaction |
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316 | (2) |
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318 | (19) |
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The Filtered Backprojection |
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320 | (10) |
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The Expectation Maximisation Algorithm |
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330 | (6) |
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336 | (1) |
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Correction and Normalization Procedures |
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337 | (16) |
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337 | (4) |
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341 | (7) |
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348 | (2) |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (2) |
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Commercial Camera Overview |
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353 | (6) |
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355 | (4) |
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Nuclear Medicine: Special Applications in Functional Imaging |
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359 | (26) |
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359 | (2) |
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Position Sensitive Photo Multiplier Tube |
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361 | (5) |
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Hamamatsu First PSPMT Generation |
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361 | (2) |
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Hamamatsu Second PSPMT Generation |
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363 | (1) |
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Hamamatsu 3rd Generation PSPMT |
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364 | (2) |
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Signal Read Out Methods and Scintillation Crystals |
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366 | (6) |
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The Role of Compact Imagers in Clinical Application |
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372 | (13) |
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380 | (5) |
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385 | (80) |
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385 | (1) |
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Position Sensitive Detectors |
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386 | (11) |
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386 | (7) |
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Scintillator Based Position Sensitive Detectors |
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393 | (1) |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (2) |
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Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT) |
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397 | (18) |
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399 | (1) |
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Intrinsic Spatial Resolution in SPECT |
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399 | (1) |
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400 | (2) |
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Rate of Acquisition and Detector Speed |
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402 | (1) |
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402 | (1) |
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402 | (3) |
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405 | (1) |
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Small Animal SPECT Scanners Examples |
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406 | (1) |
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Pinhole Collimator Scanners |
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406 | (2) |
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Parallel Hole Collimator Scanners |
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408 | (4) |
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Converging Hole Collimator Scanner |
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412 | (3) |
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) |
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415 | (20) |
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Physical Limitations to Spatial Resolution |
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415 | (1) |
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416 | (2) |
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418 | (1) |
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419 | (3) |
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Efficiency and Coincidence Detection of 511 keV gamma rays |
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422 | (1) |
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Intrinsic Detector Efficiency |
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422 | (1) |
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Detector Scatter Fraction |
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423 | (3) |
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Intrinsic Spatial Resolution |
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426 | (1) |
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Detector intrinsic spatial resolution |
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426 | (1) |
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System intrinsic spatial resolution |
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427 | (1) |
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Random Coincidences and Pile Up Events |
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428 | (2) |
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430 | (1) |
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Small Animal PET Scanner Geometries |
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431 | (1) |
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431 | (2) |
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433 | (2) |
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Small Animal PET Scanner Examples |
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435 | (25) |
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First Generation Animal Scanners |
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435 | (1) |
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Hamamatsu SHR-2000 and SHR-7700 Scanners |
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435 | (1) |
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436 | (1) |
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Dedicated Rodent Ring Scanners |
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437 | (1) |
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437 | (3) |
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440 | (5) |
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Sherbrooke PET and the Munich MADPET |
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445 | (2) |
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447 | (1) |
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Scanner of the Brussels Group: The VUB-PET |
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448 | (2) |
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Dedicated Rodent Rotating Planar Scanners |
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450 | (1) |
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450 | (6) |
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456 | (4) |
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460 | (5) |
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461 | (4) |
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Detectors for Radiotherapy |
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465 | (36) |
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465 | (1) |
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Introduction to Radiotherapy |
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466 | (3) |
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External Beam Radiation Delivery |
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466 | (2) |
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Requirements for Standards and Reporting |
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468 | (1) |
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The Physics of Detection for Radiotherapy |
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469 | (9) |
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Photon Interaction Mechanisms |
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469 | (2) |
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Electron Interaction Mechanisms |
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471 | (2) |
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473 | (1) |
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Charged Particle Equilibrium and Cavity Theory |
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474 | (1) |
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Effects of Measurement Depth |
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475 | (1) |
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Quality Assurance and Verification Measurements |
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476 | (2) |
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478 | (11) |
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478 | (4) |
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Thermoluminiscent Detectors |
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482 | (2) |
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484 | (3) |
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487 | (2) |
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489 | (3) |
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Electronic Portal Imaging |
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492 | (5) |
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494 | (1) |
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Liquid Ionisation Chamber Based Systems |
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495 | (1) |
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Amorphous Silicon Flat-Panel Systems |
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496 | (1) |
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Radio-Sensitive Chemical Detectors |
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497 | (4) |
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497 | (1) |
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498 | (1) |
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499 | (2) |
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