A cylindrical geometry for cardiac spect imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4 PART 1, 1996, Pages 2219-2224

  Chang, W ^a   Liu, J ^a   Yu, D ^a   Loncaric, S ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EFFICIENCY; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTODETECTORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CYLINDRICAL DETECTOR GEOMETRY; FIELD OF VISION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEM GEOMETRIC EFFICIENCY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030213993     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.531885     Document Type: Article

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