Self-normalization of emission data in 3D PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 709-712

  Badawi, R D ^a   Marsden, P K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTALS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTODETECTORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BLOCK DETECTOR; CIRCULAR IMAGE ARTIFACTS; DEAD TIME CORRECTION FACTORS; DEAD TIME MISMATCH; EMISSION ACQUISITION; NORMALIZATION ALGORITHM; PSEUDO DETECTOR EFFICIENCIES; SELF NORMALIZATION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033330464     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.775603     Document Type: Article

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