Noise and physical limits to maximum resolution of PET images

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

Volumn 580, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 934-937

  Herraiz, J L ^a   Espana S ^a   Vicente, E ^b   Vaquero, J J ^b   Desco, M ^b   Udias, J M ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Químicas   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Image quality; Monte Carlo application; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RECORDING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICS;

SCANNER PARAMETERS; SCANNERS; SPATIAL HIGH FREQUENCY COMPONENTS;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

EID: 34548481344     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.06.039     Document Type: Article

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