Downscatter contamination from high-energy photons of124iodine in 2D and 3D PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3629-3633

  Kolthammer, Jeffrey A ^a   Salem, Nicolas ^a,b   Fiedler, Klaus ^c   Gagnon, Daniel ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORINE; IODINE; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRONS; X RAYS;

GENOMIC IMAGING; LESION DETECTION; POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS (PSF); STATISTICAL RECONSTRUCTION METHODS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 23844514151     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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