Correction for scattered radiation in a ring detector positron camera by integral transformation of the projections

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 42-50

  Bergstrom M ^a,b   Eriksson, L ^a   Bohm, C ^a   Blomqvist, G ^a   Litton, J ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Data processing; Emission computed tomography; Scatter

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSITION CAMERA; RADIATION SCATTERING;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0020660172     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198302000-00008     Document Type: Article

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