Time discrimination techniques using artificial neural networks for positron emission tomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2301-2305

  Leroux, J D ^a   Rouleau, D ^a   Pepin, C M ^a   Michaud, J B ^a   Cadorette, J ^a   Fontaine, R ^a   Lecomte, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; X RAYS;

ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSING; FRACTION DISCRIMINATORS; NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPY; TIMING RESOLUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844472383     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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