Adjusting the low energy threshold for large bodies in PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 2872-2876

  Turkington, Timothy G ^a   Wilson, John W ^a   Colsher, James G ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW ENERGY THRESHOLD (LET); NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNTS (NEC); NON-RADIOACTIVE WATER; PATIENT SIZE;

DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RUBBER; STATISTICS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844448189     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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