Performance Evaluation of the PC-2048: A New 15-Slice Encoded-Crystal PET Scanner for Neurological Studies

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 90-98

  Evans, A C ^a   Thompson, C J ^a   Marrett, S ^a   Meyer, E ^a   Mazza, M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY - EQUIPMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING - RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE, SPURIOUS SIGNAL; PHOTODETECTORS;

BGO DETECTORS; BISMUTH GERMANATE (BGO) CRYSTALS; DATA ACQUISITION ELECTRONICS; DUAL PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; ENCODED CRYSTAL PET SCANNER; IMAGE NOISE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0026121711     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.75615     Document Type: Article

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