Implementation of Monte Carlo coincident aperture functions in image generation of a high resolution animal positron tomograph

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Boning G ^a   Pichler, B J ^a   Rafecas, M ^b   Lorenz, E ^a   Schwaiger, M ^b   Ziegler, S I ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DETECTORS; TISSUE;

FILTERED BACKPROJECTION; HIGH RESOLUTION ANIMAL POSITRON TOMOGRAPH; ITERATIVE LISTMODE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO COINCIDENT APERTURE FUNCTIONS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034593615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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