Fully 3D system model estimation of OPET by monte carlo simulation

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3433-3436

  Rannou, Fernando R ^a   Chatziioannou, Arion F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FIELD OF VIEW (FOV); FILTERED-BACK PROJECTION (FBP); IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADIAL POSITION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844530621     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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