Techniques to improve the spatial sampling of micropet-a high resolution animal pet tomograph

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2 PART 2, 2000, Pages 422-427

  Chatziioannou, A ^a   Silverman, R W ^a   Meadors, K ^a   Farquhar, T H ^a   Cherry, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL SAMPLING;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERPOLATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033704969     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.846275     Document Type: Article

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