Multiple point sources collimated with transaxial septa for high energy gamma camera transmission scanning

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 3, 1999, Pages 2247-2252

  Turkington, T G ^a   Laymon, C M ^a   Schopfer, K G ^a   Coleman, R E ^a   Wainer, N ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Elgems Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

GAMMA CAMERA COINCIDENCE SYSTEM; MULTIPLE DISK PHANTOM; MULTIPOINT SOURCE SYSTEM; RADIOACTIVE POINT SOURCES; THORAX PHANTOM; TRANSAXIAL SEPTA; TRANSMISSION SCANNING SYSTEM;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033315059     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.819311     Document Type: Article

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