A Fast Projector-Backprojector Pair Modeling the Asymmtric, Spatially Varying Scatter Response Function for Scatter Compensation in SPECT Imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1192-1197

  Frey, E C ^a   Ju, Z W ^a   Tsui, B M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0027649213     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.256735     Document Type: Article

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