A comparison of normalization effects on three whole-body cylindrical 3D PET systems

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3253-3266

  Badawi, R D ^a,b   Ferreira, N C ^c,d   Kohlmyer, S G ^b   Dahlbom, M ^e   Marsden, P K ^f   Lewellen, T K ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; GEOMETRY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033778109     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/11/310     Document Type: Article

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