Performance amelioration for small animal SPECT using optimized pinhole collimator and image correction technique

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3458-3462

  Song, Tae Yong ^a   Choi, Yong ^a   Chung, Yong Hyun ^a   Jung, Jin Ho ^a   Min, Byung Jun ^a   Hong, Key Jo ^a   Choe, Yeam Seong ^a   Lee, Kyung Han ^a   Kim, Byung Tae ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AMELIORATION; IMAGE CORRECTION; PINHOLE COLLIMATORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

PHOTONS;

EID: 23844454096     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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