The effect of collimation on scatter fraction in multi-slice pet

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 598-602

  Thompson, C J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA RAYS - DETECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS - MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DETECTORS;

BISMUTH GERMANATE DETECTOR ARRAYS; LEAD COLLIMATORS; MULTI-SLICE PET; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPH (PET);

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 0001549484     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.12794     Document Type: Article

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