Simultaneous measurement of transmission and emission contamination using a collimated 137Cs point source for the HRRT

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2647-2651

  Sibomana, M ^a   Byars, L ^b   Panin, V ^a   Lenox, M ^a   Kehren, F ^a   Rist, J ^a   Burbar, Z ^a   Michel, C ^a   Knoess, C ^c   De Jong, H W A M ^d  

^a CPS Innovations   (United States)

^b Byars Consulting   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTAMINATION (EC); HIGH RESOLUTION RESEARCH TOMOGRAPH (HRRT); NON-UNIFORM SCALING; POINT SOURCES;

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BRAIN; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844534859     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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