High-Resolution SPECT Using Multipinhole Collimation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-320

  Schramm, N U ^a   Ebel, G ^b   Engeland, U ^b   Schurrat, T ^c   Behe, M ^c   Behr, T M ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Scivis GmbH   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

High resolution; multipinhole; pinhole tomography; small animal imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MULTIPINHOLE COLLIMATION; PINHOLE TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

EID: 0038382217     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.812437     Document Type: Article

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