Characterization of single and multiple scatter from matter and activity distributions outside the FOV in 3-D PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 10-15

  Laymon, C M ^a,b   Harrison, R L ^a   Kohlmyer, S G ^c   Miyaoka, R S ^a   Lewellen, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical image processing; Biomedical imaging; Positron emission tomography (PET); Scattering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATORS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCATTERING;

BIOMEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2342531714     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.823340     Document Type: Article

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