The geometric transfer function for a slat collimator mounted on a strip detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3 II, 2005, Pages 708-713

  Staelens, Steven ^a   Koole, Michel ^a   Vandenberghe, Stefaan ^a   D'Asseler, Yves ^a   Lemahieu, Ignace ^a   Van De Walle, Rik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Effective point spread function; Geometric transfer function; Resolution; Sensitivity; Solstice

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EFFECTIVE POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS; GEOMETRIC TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; RESOLUTION; SENSITIVITY; SOLSTICE;

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

EID: 23844466994     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.850397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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