Simulation study of the influence of collimator defects on the uniformity of scintigraphic images;Etude en simulation de l'influence des defauts des collimateurs sur l'uniformite des images scintigraphiques

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 603-609

  Gantet, P ^a   De Lagrevol, R ^a   Danet, B ^a   De la Barre, F ^b   Guiraud, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b Sopha Med Vision International   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOMOGRAPHY;

GAMMA CAMERAS; HEALTH PHYSICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING;

EID: 0030996611     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/3/012     Document Type: Article

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