Algorithms for calculating detector efficiency normalization coefficients for true coincidences in 3D PET

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 189-205

  Badawi, R D ^a   Lodge, M A ^a   Marsden, P K ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MODEL; NORMAL VALUE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031913792     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/1/012     Document Type: Article

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