A technique to reject scattered radiation in pet transmission scans

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 671, Issue , 1986, Pages 244-253

  Thompson, C J ^a   Dagher, A ^b   Lunney, D N ^c   Strother, S C ^d   Evans, A C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - SCATTERING; GAMMA RAYS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION CT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0023021257     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.966702     Document Type: Conference Paper

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