Energy Dependence of Scatter Components in Multispectral PET Imaging

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 138-145

  Bentourkia, M ^a   Msaki, P ^a   Cadorette, J ^a   Lecomte, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY WINDOW; OBJECT; SCATTER CORRECTION; TRUES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029270798     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.370410     Document Type: Article

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