Random coincidence estimation from single event rates on the Discovery ST PET/CT scanner

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 3067-3069

  Stearns, Charles W ^a   McDaniel, David L ^a   Kohlmyer, Steven G ^a   Arul, Periagounder R ^a   Geiser, Brian P ^a   Shanmugam, Venkatesan ^a  

^a CE Medical Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POISSON EQUATION; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CORRECTION FACTOR; RANDOM COINCIDENCE ESTIMATION; RANDOMS FROM THE SINGLES (RFS); VOLUMETRIC ACQUISITIONS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11944273344     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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