Evaluation of low energy threshold settings for PVI PET systems

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 3, 1999, Pages 2141-2145

  Kohlmyer, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; LOW LEVEL ENERGY DISCRIMINATOR; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATE; POSITRON VOLUME IMAGING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033324770     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.819296     Document Type: Article

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