LSO PET/SPECT spatial resolution: Critical on-line DOI rebinning methods and results

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Jones, W F ^a   Casey, M E ^a   Van Lingen, A ^b   Bendriem, B ^a  

^a CTI PET Systems Inc   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

DEPTH OF INTERACTION; GAMMA INTERACTION; REAL TIME REBINNING HARDWARE; ROTATING DUAL HEAD TOMOGRAPH; SCINTILLATION PULSE DECAY TIME;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034594098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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