Energy Window Optimization in Simultaneous Technetium-99m TCT and Thallium-201 SPECT Data Acquisition

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1207-1213

  Li, Jia ^a   Tsui, Benjamin M W ^b   Welch, Andy ^c   Frey, Eric C ^b   Gullberg, Grant T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology The University of Utah ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LEAD; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; X RAYS;

CROSS-CONTAMINATION; ENERGY WINDOW; FIGURE OF MERIT; IMAGE DEGRADATIONS; TRIPLE-CAMERA FAN-BEAM SPECT SYSTEM;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029357170     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467877     Document Type: Article

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