Performance of list mode data acquisition with ECAT EXACT HR and ECAT EXACT HR+ positron emission scanners

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-194

  Watabe, Hiroshi ^a   Matsumoto, Keiichi ^b   Senda, Michio ^b   Iida, Hidehiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frame mode; List mode; PET

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; OXYGEN 15;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745239255     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 09147187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03027429     Document Type: Article

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