Scatter Correction in 3-D PET

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 649-657

  Lercher, Martin J ^a   Wienhard, Klaus ^b  

^a Research Centre in Siperconductivity ^*  (United States)

^b Max Planck Institut fur neurologische Forschung ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BRAIN SCANS; ENERGY WINDOW SETTING; PARAMETRIZATION; PHANTOM MEASUREMENT; POINT SOURCE SCATTER DISTRIBUTION; SCATTER CORRECTION METHODS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0028695111     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.363103     Document Type: Article

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