Converging slat collimators for PET imaging with large-area detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50 I, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-23

  Kadrmas, Dan J ^a   Rust, Thomas C ^b  

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

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Positron emission tomography (PET); Slat collimation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS;

NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT (NEC);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037291172     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.807887     Document Type: Article

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