Deadtime correction for two multihead Anger cameras in 131I dual- energy window-acquisition mode

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-91

  Koral, Kenneth F ^a   Zasadny, Kenneth R ^a   Ackermann, Robert J ^a   Ficaro, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

131I; Anger camera; Deadtime; Scatter; SPECT

Indexed keywords

SCATTERING;

ACQUISITION MODES; ANGER CAMERA; COMBINED WINDOW; DEAD-TIME CORRECTION; DEADTIME; SPECT; SQUARED CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; ^131I;

CAMERAS;

IODINE 131;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031932471     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598162     Document Type: Article

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