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| Title | ECAT: A New Computerized Tomographic Imaging System for Position-Emitting Radiopharmaceuticals | |
| Author(s) | Phelps, M. E.; Hoffman, E. J.; Huang, S. C.; Kuhl, D. E. | |
| Publication Date | 1977 | |
| Report Number | UCLA-12-1132 | |
| Unique Identifier | ACC0270 | |
| Other Numbers | OSTI ID: 5423721 | |
| Research Org | University of California, Los Angeles (USA). Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology | |
| Contract No | EY-76-C-03-0012 | |
| Sponsoring Org | US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) | |
| Subject | 62 Radiology and Nuclear Medicine; 550601 -- Medicine -- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics; Patients -- Diagnostic Techniques; Radioisotope Scanning -- Data Processing; Radioisotope Scanning -- Images; Computer Calculations; Display Devices; Nuclear Medicine; Positron Cameras; Radionuclide Administration; Tomography | |
| Keywords | Cameras; Counting Techniques; Gamma Cameras; Medicine; Processing | |
| Related Web Pages | Allan Cormack, Computerized Axial Tomography [CAT] and Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI] | |
| Abstract | The ECAT was designed and developed as a complete computerized positron radionuclide imaging system capable of providing high contrast, high resolution, quantitative images in 2 dimensional and tomographic formats. Flexibility, in its various image mode options, allows it to be used for a wide variety of imaging problems. | |
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