Feasibility Study of Compton Scattering Enchanced Multiple Pinhole Imager for Nuclear Medicine

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1609-1617

  Meng, L J ^a   Rogers, W L ^a   Clinthorne, N H ^a   Fessler, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton scattering enhancement; Multiple pinhole

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

COMPTON SCATTERING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0142031178     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.817956     Document Type: Article

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