PET attenuation correction using mean attenuation coefficients: a simulation study

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 3, 1999, Pages 2172-2176

  Madsen, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; MEAN ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033347804     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.819300     Document Type: Article

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