Improved quantification for Tc-94m PET imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 739-742

  Craig Barker, W ^a   Szajek, Lawrence P ^a   Green, Shielah L ^a   Carson, Richard E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical nuclear imaging; Compton scattering; Poistron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REMANENCE;

BIOMEDICAL NUCLEAR IMAGING; COMPTON SCATTERING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035355049     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.940156     Document Type: Article

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