Count rate dependence of local signal to noise ratio in positron emission tomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2817-2821

  Watson, Charles C ^a  

^a CPS Innovations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

COUNT RATE DEPENDENCE; LINEAR ALGORITHMS; PHANTOMS; SINOGRAMS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11844291336     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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