Investigation of Scatter in SPECT Transmission Studies

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 3, 2000, Pages 1251-1257

  Celler, ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPTON SCATTERING; CROSS TALK SCATTER; EMISSION ISOTOPE; TRANSMISSION ISOTOPE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034204677     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.856585     Document Type: Article

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