The spatially-variant backprojection point kernel function of an energy-subtraction compton scatter camera for medical imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6 PART 2, 1997, Pages 2477-2482

  Rohe, R C ^a   Sharfi, M M ^b   Kecevar, K A ^b   Valentine, J D ^b   Bonnerave, C ^b  

^a Div of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHOTODETECTORS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

BACKPROJECTION POINT KERNEL FUNCTIONS; ENERGY SUBTRACTION COMPTON SCATTER CAMERA;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0031381165     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.656455     Document Type: Article

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