Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 28-41, January 2003

Developments in instrumentation for emission computed tomography*

  • Margaret E. Daube-Witherspoon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; USA
    • Department of Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT. USA
    • ,
  • I. George Zubal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; USA
    • Department of Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT. USA
    • ,
  • Joel S. Karp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; USA
    • Department of Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT. USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jol S. Karp, PhD, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, 110 Donner, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Instrumentation for emission computed tomography continues to evolve, taking advantage of developments in detector technology, data processing and correction methods, and reconstruction algorithms. This article reviews the basic principles and latest developments in emission computed tomography instrumentation, for both positron emission tomography and single-photon emission computed tomography applications.

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* Supported by Department of Energy Grant DE-FG02-88ER60642 (M.E.D.-W., J.S.K.).

PII: S0001-2998(03)80004-1

doi:10.1053/snuc.2003.127295

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 28-41, January 2003

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