Influence of malfunctioning block detectors on the calculation of single detector efficiencies in PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1062-1069

  Ferreira, N C ^a  

^a SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTODETECTORS;

FAN-SUM APPROXIMATION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033357438     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.790827     Document Type: Article

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