Performance amelioration for small animal SPECT using optimized pinhole collimator and image correction technique

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1396-1400

  Song, Tae Yong ^b   Choi, Yong ^a,b   Jung, Jin Ho ^b   Min, Byung Jun ^b   Hong, Key Jo ^b   Choe, Yearn Seong ^b   Lee, Kyung Han ^b   Kim, Byung Tae ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nuclear imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CORRECTION; NUCLEAR IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT); SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 29144510107     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.858265     Document Type: Article

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