Investigating the effects of energy resolution in dedicated emission mammotomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2537-2541

  Cutler, Spencer J ^a,b,c   Brzymialkiewicz, Caryl N ^a,b,c   Tornai, Martin P ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D LESION IMAGING; ENERGY RESOLUTION; PHANTOMS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION MAMMOTOMOGRAPHY;

GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846585632     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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