Fast Point Spread Function Computation from Aperture Functions in High-Resolution Positron Emission Tomography

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 2-12

  Schmitt, D ^a   Karuta, B ^b   Carrier, C ^b   Lecomte, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING - RECONSTRUCTION;

DETECTOR APERTURE FUNCTIONS; POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM;

RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023984230     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.3923     Document Type: Article

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