An analytical image reconstruction algorithm to compensate for scattering angle broadening in Compton cameras

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1009-1026

  Hirasawa, M ^a   Tomitani, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

COMPTON SCATTERING ANGLE;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COLLIMATOR; COMPTON EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; GAMMA CAMERAS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0038029533     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/8/304     Document Type: Article

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