Analytical model for pixellated SPECT detector concepts

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2584-2588

  Wieczorek, Herfried ^a   Goedicke, Andreas ^a   Shao, Ling ^b   Petrillo, Micheal ^b   Ye, Jinghan ^b   Vesel, John ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

CONTRAST-TO-NOISE RATIO (CNR); FULL-WIDTH AT HALF-MAXIMUM (FWHM); SOLID-STATE DETECTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 23844477618     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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