Optimum threshold setting for a positron-sensitive probe with background rejection capability

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-256

  Yamamoto, Seiichi ^a   Matsumoto, Kenichi ^b   Senda, Michio ^b  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Background; Positron; Probe; Threshold

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH GERMANATE; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACKGROUND REJECTION; DEVICE; ENERGY; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHOTON; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOSURGERY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 3142628180     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02985007     Document Type: Article

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