Accurate Scatter Compensation using Neural Networks in Radionuclide Imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1020-1025

  Ogawa, Koichi ^a   Nishizaki, Norihiro ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTONS;

RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0027644794     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.256705     Document Type: Article

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