Development of a Small Animal Positron Emission Tomography Using Dual-layer Phoswich Detector and Position Sensitive Photomultiplier Tube: Preliminary Results |
Jeong, Myung-Hwan
(Crystal Clear Collaboration)
Choi, Yong (Crystal Clear Collaboration) Chung, Yong-Hyun (Crystal Clear Collaboration) Song, Tae-Yong (Crystal Clear Collaboration) Jung, Jin-Ho (Crystal Clear Collaboration) Hong, Key-Jo (Crystal Clear Collaboration) Min, Byung-Jun (Crystal Clear Collaboration) Choe, Yearn-Seong (Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Lee, Kyung-Han (Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Byung-Tae (Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) |
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