Implementation of an analytically based scatter correction in SPECT reconstructions

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 645-653

  Vandervoort, Eric ^a   Celler, Anna ^b   Wells, Glenn ^c   Blinder, Stéphan ^b   Dixon, Katherine ^a   Pang, Yanxin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compton scatter; Image reconstruction; Klein Nishina formula; Scatter correction; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SCATTERING;

COMPTON SCATTER; KLIEN-NISHINA FORMULA; SCATTER CORRECTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 23844462852     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.851463     Document Type: Article

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