Extension of single scatter simulation to scatter correction of time-of-flight PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2492-2496

  Watson, Charles C ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHANTOMS; SCATTERED ANNIHILATION RADIATIONS; SINGLE SCATTER SIMULATION (SSS) ALGORITHM; TIME OF FLIGHT (TOF);

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 33846637951     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596846     Document Type: Conference Paper

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