NEC and local image noise in PET imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 3106-3108

  Stearns, Charles W ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BACKPROJECTION; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNTS (NEC); PET SCANNERS; SINOGRAM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 23844464256     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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