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Design and implementation of a prototype head and neck phantom for the performance evaluation of gamma imaging systems

Alqahtani et al., 2017

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1143990323548124770
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Alqahtani M
Lees J
Bugby S
Samara-Ratna P
Ng A
Perkins A
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EJNMMI physics

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Background A prototype anthropomorphic head and neck phantom has been designed to simulate the adult head and neck anatomy including some internal organs and tissues of interest, such as thyroid gland and sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs). The design of the head …
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