Quantification of gamma camera spatial resolution by means of bar phantom images

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1089-1098

  Wasserman, H J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAMMA CAMERAS; MATHEMATICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0031796187     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199811000-00009     Document Type: Article

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