Estimating an acquisition-specific NEC curve for PET acquisitions

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2578-2580

  Stearns, Charles W ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DETECTORS; GRAPH THEORY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCANNING;

CORRECTION FACTORS; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNTS (NEC); SCANNER DESIGNS; SINOGRAM;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11844277048     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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