Spatial variation of SNR in two- and three-dimensional neuro-PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-229

  Li, Henry H ^a   Votaw, John R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Positron emission tomography; Signal tonoise ratio

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; NEUROLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SINOGRAM SPACE;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031118346     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.568811     Document Type: Article

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