Optimization of transmission and emission scan duration in 3d whole-body PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6 PART 2, 1997, Pages 2400-2407

  Beyer, Thomas ^a   Kinahan, Paul E ^a   Townsend, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION;

EMISSION SCANNING; TORSO PHANTOM MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION SCANNING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031387321     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.656442     Document Type: Article

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