Calculation of single detector efficiencies and extension of the normalization sinogram in PET

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1143-1154

  Hermansen, Flemming ^a,b   Spinks, Terry J ^b   Camici, Paolo G ^b   Lammertsma, Adriaan A ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030944653     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/6/011     Document Type: Article

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