Slat collimator design issues for dual-head coincidence imaging systems

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 141-146

  Joung, J ^a,b   Miyaoka, R S ^a   Kohlmyer, S G ^a,c   Harrison, R L ^a   Lewellen, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEMS PET Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual head coincidence imaging (DHCI); Noise equivalent count (NEC); Salt collimator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

DUAL HEAD COINCIDENCE; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT; SLAT COLLIMATOR;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036464414     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.998741     Document Type: Article

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