A Realistic Computer-Simulated Brain Phantom for Evaluation of PET Characterstics

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 250-257

  Mahoney, D Kirkman ^a   Huang, Sung Cheng ^a   Ricci, Anthony R ^a   Mazziotta, John C ^a   Carson, Richard E ^a   Hoffman, Edward J ^a   Phelps, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

BRAIN; BRAIN PHANTOM; IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROJECTION MEASUREMENTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0023421481     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.1987.4307834     Document Type: Article

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