Collimator design for improved spatial resolution in SPECT and planar scintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1417-1421

  Kimiaei, Shahrokh ^a   Larsson, Stig A ^a   Jacobsson, Hans ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

nonisotropic spatial resolution; parallel hole collimators; planar collimator; planar concave collimator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0029782581     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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