A study of data loss and mispositioning due to pileup in 2-D detectors in PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 671-675

  Germano, G ^a   Hoffman, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

DATA LOSSES; EVENT PILEUP EFFECTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0025418227     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.106696     Document Type: Article

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