Physical performance of the latest generation of commercial positron scanner

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 721-725

  Gilardi, M C ^b   Jones, T ^a   Heather, J D ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING - RECONSTRUCTION; RADIATION DETECTORS;

BISMUTH GERMANATE DETECTORS; IMAGE COUNT RECOVERY; POSITRON SCANNER; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPH (PET); SCATTER FRACTION;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 33748251685     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.12819     Document Type: Article

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