The influence of photon depth of interaction and non-collinear spread of annihilation photons on PET image spatial resolution

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 940-947

  Sánchez Crespo, Alejandro ^a,b   Larsson, Stig A ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annihilation photon non collinearity; Depth of interaction; PET; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ARTIFACTS; GAMMA CAMERAS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746393825     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-005-0024-z     Document Type: Article

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