Comparison of Different Imaging Geometries of Brain SPECT Systems

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1147-1153

  Liu, Jingai ^a   Chang, Wei ^b   Loncaric, Srecko ^b  

^a PhD Department of Medical Physics Rush Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center ^*

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL IMAGING; GEOMETRIC EFFICIENCY; POINT SOURCE GEOMETRIC EFFICIENCY; SINGLE PHOTOEMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEM GEOMETRIC EFFICIENCY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029357142     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467734     Document Type: Article

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