Watabe et al., 1995 - Google Patents

Development of skin surface radiation detector system to monitor radioactivity in arterial blood along with positron emission tomography

Watabe et al., 1995

Document ID
14718897443784429588
Author
Watabe H
Miyake M
Narita Y
Nakamura T
Itoh M
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE transactions on nuclear science

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A noninvasive blood radioactivity monitor system for positron emission tomography (PET) study has been developed. This system has dual plastic scintillators to detect positrons from the wrist artery. One is for monitoring the blood radioactivity in artery and tissue, and another …
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