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The Quantitative Imaging Potential of the HIDAC Positron Camera

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Mathematics and Computer Science in Medical Imaging

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NATO ASI F,volume 39))

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Abstract

An important goal of positron emission tomography (PET) is to measure, in vivo and in absolute units, the tissue concentration of a positron-emitting radiopharmaceutical. Over the past few years, such measurements have been made in a wide variety of PET studies using positron cameras constructed of rings of detectors of bismuth germanate or cesium fluoride crystals. Large area detectors, such as those based on the multiwire chamber, have yet to demonstrate such a capability in a clinical research environment. This paper highlights some of the problems of image quantitation that are encountered with the High Density Avalanche Chamber (HIDAC) positron camera.

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  1. University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland

    D. W. Townsend, P. E. Frey, A. Christin, H. J. Tochon-Danguy, G. Schaller & A. Donath

  2. Union College, Schenectady, USA

    G. Reich

  3. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

    A. Jeavons

  4. University of Oxford, UK

    A. Jeavons

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 356, 2600 AJ, Delft, The Netherlands

    Max A. Viergever (Director) (Director)

  2. Department of Medical Physics, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK

    Andrew Todd-Pokropek (Director) (Director)

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Townsend, D.W. et al. (1988). The Quantitative Imaging Potential of the HIDAC Positron Camera. In: Viergever, M.A., Todd-Pokropek, A. (eds) Mathematics and Computer Science in Medical Imaging. NATO ASI Series, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83306-9_26

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