Attenuation correction in PET using single photon transmission measurement

Medical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 771-778

  deKemo, Robert A ^a   Nahmias, Claude ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

attenuation correction; PET; positron emission tomography; single photon; transmission

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSITRONS; SCANNING; TRANSMISSIONS;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; ATTENUATION CORRECTION FACTORS; DEAD-TIME CORRECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); SINGLE PHOTONS; TRANSMISSION IMAGES; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMISSION SCANNING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0028341310     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597394     Document Type: Article

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