Effect of Scatter from Radioactivity Outside of the Field of View in 3D PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1157-1161

  Sossi, V ^a   Barney, J S ^b   Harrison, R ^c   Ruth, T J ^d  

^a TRIUMF   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AXIAL DISTRIBUTION; FIELD OF VIEW; RADIOACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF THE FIELD OF VIEW; TRANSAXIAL DISTRIBUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029357110     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467733     Document Type: Article

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