Correction for head movements in positron emission tomography using an optical motion tracking system

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Fulton, R R ^a   Meikle, S R ^a   Eberl, S ^a   Pfeiffer, J ^a,b   Constable, C ^a   Fulham, M J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CALIBRATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

HEAD MOVEMENT; HOFFMAN BRAIN PHANTOM; LINES OF RESPONSE; MULTIPLE ACQUISITION FRAME METHOD; OPTICAL MOTION TRACKING SYSTEM;

MOTION COMPENSATION;

EID: 0034593931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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