Investigation of count rate and deadtime characteristics of a high resolution PET system

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 836-846

  Hoffman, Edward J ^a   Germano, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission computed tomography; Physics; Techniques

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DEAD TIME; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HALF-LIFE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0023814978     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198809010-00021     Document Type: Article

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