Reduction of streak artifacts in an analytical attenuation correction method for single photon emission CT

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modelling

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 554-559

  Ishikawa, Akira ^a   Ogawa, Koichi ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analytical attenuation correction; Non uniform attenuator; Single photon emission CT; Streak artifact

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATTENUATION; COSINE TRANSFORMS; GAMMA RAYS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTONS;

ANALYTICAL ATTENUATION CORRECTION; NON-UNIFORM ATTENUATOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION CT; STREAK ARTIFACTS;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 11144253602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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