Non-Uniform Attenuation Correction using Simultaneous Transmission and Emission Converging Tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 1134-1143

  Tung, C H ^a   Gullberg, G T ^a   Zeng, G L ^a   Christian, P E ^a   Datz, F L ^a   Morgan, H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0026902682     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.159773     Document Type: Article

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