Noise Equivalent Count Measurements in a Neuro-Pet Scanner with Retractable Septa

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 256-260

  Bailey, D L ^a   Jones, T ^a   Spinks, T J ^a   Gilardi, M C ^b   Townsend, D W ^c  

^a MRC Cyclotron Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING - DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE PROCESSING - RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE, SPURIOUS SIGNAL; PROBABILITY - RANDOM PROCESSES; RADIATION COUNTERS;

NEURO-PET SCANNER; NOISE-EQUIVALENT COUNT RATE; RETRACTABLE SEPTA;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0026219522     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.97573     Document Type: Article

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