Three-dimensional geometric sensitivity calculation for three-headed coincidence imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4 II, 2001, Pages 1446-1451

  D'Asseler, Y ^a   Vandenberghe, S ^a   Matthews, C G ^c   Koole, M ^a   Van De Walle, R ^a,b   Lemahieu, I ^a   Dierckx, R A ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Scientific Research   (Belgium)

^c Marconi Medical Systems   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Geometric sensitivity; Positron emission tomography (PET); Three headed coincidence imaging

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; GAMMA RAYS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AXIAL SEPTA; FIELDOF VIEW; GAMMA CAMERA SYSTEMS; GEOMETRIC SENSITIVITY; THREE HEADED COINCIDENCE IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035428677     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.958378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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