Scatter compensation methods in 3D iterative SPECT reconstruction: A simulation study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1619-1632

  Beekman, Freek J ^a   Kamphuis, Chris ^a   Frey, Eric C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; NOISE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030788382     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/8/011     Document Type: Article

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