Analytical modeling of pet imaging with correlated functional and structural images

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6 PART 2, 1997, Pages 2439-2444

  Ma, Yilong ^a   Evans, Alan C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EMISSION SCANNING; HOFFMAN BRAIN PHANTOM; TRANSMISSION SCANNING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031381164     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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