Three dimensional reconstruction of pet data from a multi-ring camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 1056-1065

  Townsend, D W ^a,b   Spinks, T ^a   Jones, T ^a   Heather, J ^a   Geissbuhler A ^b   Defrise, M ^c   Gilardi, M C ^d  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING--DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE PROCESSING--RECONSTRUCTION; RADIATION DETECTORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINOGRAMS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0024612104     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.34605     Document Type: Article

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