Performance of QPET, a High-Resolution 3D PET Imaging System for Small Volumes

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 176-185

  McKee, B T A ^a   Dickson, A W ^a   Howse, D C ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION DETECTORS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DETECTOR RESPONSE; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNTING RATE; PLANAR GAMMA RAY DETECTORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING SYSTEMS; QUASI CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; RANDOM COINCIDENCE EVENTS; SMALL VOLUMES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEM DEADTIME; UNIFORMITY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0028393332     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.276156     Document Type: Article

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