The effects of object size, attenuation, scatter, and random coincidences on signal to noise ratio in simulations of time-of-flight positron emission tomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 1900-1904

  Harrison, Robert L ^a,b   Gillispie, Steven B ^b   Alessio, Adam M ^a,b   Kinahan, Paul E ^a,b   Lewellen, Thomas K ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINCIDENCE LOCALIZATION; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; RANDOM COINCIDENCES; TIME OF FLIGHT (TOF) POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846562178     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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