Implementation of Monte Carlo coincident aperture functions in image generation of a high-resolution animal positron tomograph

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 805-810

  Boݶning, G ^a,c   Pichler, B J ^b,c   Rafecas, M ^b,c   Lorenz, E ^a,c   Schwaiger, M ^b,c   Ziegler, S I ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal positron emission tomography (PET); List mode; Monte Carlo simulation; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PROBABILITY;

COINCIDENCE APERTURE FUNCTIONS (CAF);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035355185     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.940167     Document Type: Article

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