A hybrid scatter correction for 3D PET based on an estimation of the distribution of unscattered coincidences: Implementation on the ECAT EXACT HR+

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1555-1571

  Ferreira, N C ^a,b   Trebossen R ^a   Lartizien, C ^a   Brulon V, ^a   Merceron, P ^a   Bendriem, B ^c  

^a SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c CTI PET Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CONVOLUTION; ESTIMATION; SCATTERING;

AUXILIARY METHODS; FIELD OF VIEW (FOV);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

BRAIN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOFTWARE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; HUMANS;

EID: 0037035403     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/9/310     Document Type: Article

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