Influence of detector thickness on resolution in three-headed gamma camera PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Vandenberghe, S ^a   Kolthammer, J A ^b   D'Asseler, Y ^a   Matthews, C G ^b   Koole, M ^a   Van De Walle, R ^a   Lemahieu, I ^a   Dierckx, R A ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Marconi Medical Systems   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

DETECTOR THICKNESS; SODIUM IODIDE SCINTILLATORS; THREE HEADED GAMMA CAMERA POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034593890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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