Essays about: "ALCYONE"

Found 1 essay containing the word ALCYONE.

  1. 1. The Alcyone CZT SPECT camera. Evaluation of performance using phantom measurement and Monte Carlo simulations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen

    Author : Erik Mattsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Background Coronary artery disease is one of the most common causes of death. A common cardiac examination is to give a visualization of the myocardial blood flow by injecting a radio pharmaceutical and detect the radiation with a camera. The camera has for decades been using thallium doped sodium iodide (NaI(Tl)) as the detector material. READ MORE