An attenuation measurement technique for rotating planar detector positron tomographs

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1633-1651

  McNeil, P A ^a   Julyan, P J ^a   Parker, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION;

ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030744436     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/8/012     Document Type: Article

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