Maximum Likelihood Positioning in the Scintillation Camera Using Depth of Interaction

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 101-107

  Gagnon, D ^a   Pouliot, N ^a   Laperriere L ^a   Therrien, M ^a   Olivier, P ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

DEPTH OF INTERACTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD POSITIONING; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; STOCHASTIC EFFECTS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0027565395     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.222673     Document Type: Article

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