Positron Emission Mammography with Multiple Angle Acquisition

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1892-1896

  Smith, Mark F ^a   Majewski, Stan ^a   Raylman, Raymond R ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; POSITRONS; TUMORS;

BREAST TUMORS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0142209418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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