CdZnTe strip detector SPECT imaging with a slit collimator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2257-2271

  Zeng, Gengsheng L ^a   Gagnon, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

RADIOACTIVE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM; TECHNETIUM; ZINC;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042701758     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/11/010     Document Type: Article

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