Calculation of the Sensitivity Image in List-Mode Reconstruction for PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2746-2751

  Qi, Jinyi ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Image reconstruction; List mode; Noise analysis; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

LINES OF RESPONSE (LOR); LIST-MODE RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE ANALYSIS; SINOGRAM BINS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750391994     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.882298     Document Type: Article

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