Under-sampling in PET scanners as a source of image blurring

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 545, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 436-445

  Thompson, C J ^a   James, S St ^a   Tomic, N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Block detectors; PET; Spatial resolution; Under sampling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; SAMPLING; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

BLOCK DETECTORS; PET SCANNERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNDER-SAMPLING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 19044368186     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.329     Document Type: Article

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