Axial slice width in 3D PET: Characterization and potential improvement with axial interleaving

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 921-928

  Daube Witherspoon, Margaret E ^a   Carson, Richard E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031961406     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/4/019     Document Type: Article

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