Scatter compensation techniques for spect

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 786-793

  Jaszczak, Ronald J ^a   Floyd, Carey E ^a   Coleman, R Edward ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - SCATTERING;

SCATTER COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPECT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0021370577     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.1985.4336941     Document Type: Article

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