Simultaneous emission and transmission scanning in PET oncology: The effect on parameter estimation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-73

  Meikle, Steven R ^a   Eberl, Stefan ^a   Hooper, Patrick K ^a   Fulham, Michael J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Oncology; Positron emission tomography; Transmission scanning

Indexed keywords

FLUORO 2 DEOXY D GLUCOSE (FDG); SIMULTANEOUS EMISSION AND TRANSMISSION (SET) SCANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; ONCOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCANNING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031078349     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.554827     Document Type: Article

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