Effects of hole tapering on cone-beam collimation for brain SPECT imaging

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 569, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 188-192

  Park, Mi Ae ^a,b   Kijewski, Marie Foley ^a,b   Moore, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cone beam collimator; Resolution; Sensitivity; SPECT

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

CONE BEAM COLLIMATOR; CONSTANT SIZE; HOLE TAPERING; PHOTOETCHING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33751418287     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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