Evaluation of performance of the CPET scanner using standardized measurement techniques

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Adam, Lars Eric ^a   Karp, Joel S ^a   Daube Witherspoon, Margaret E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; IMAGE QUALITY; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SCANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ENERGY RESOLUTION; FOURIER REBINNING; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATE; STANDARDIZED MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034594038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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