A comparison of segmentation and emission subtraction for singles transmission in PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1212-1218

  Smith, R J ^a   Karp, J S ^a   Benard F ^a   Alavi, A ^a   Gualtieri, E ^a   Muehllehner, G ^a   Geagan Member, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE;

SHORT EMISSION CONTAMINATION SCANS; SINGLE PHOTON TRANSMISSION SCANS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032096077     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.682005     Document Type: Article

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