Optimization of noise equivalent count rate performance for a partially collimated PET scanner by varying the number of septa

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 935-944

  Schmitz, Ruth E ^a,b   Harrison, Robert L ^a,c   Stearns, Charles W ^a,d   Lewellen, Thomas K ^a,c   Kinahan, Paul E ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical nuclear imaging; Collimation; Partial collimation; Positron emission tomography; Sensitivity; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL NUCLEAR IMAGING; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT (NEC) RATES; PARTIAL COLLIMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SCANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 34547291283     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2007.895485     Document Type: Article

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