Polar pixels for high resolution small animal PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 2812-2817

  Mora, C ^a,b   Rafecas, M ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Image reconstruction; Monte Carlo simulations; Polar pixels; Small animal PET; System matrix

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PIXELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; POLAR PIXELS; SYSTEM MATRIX;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

EID: 38549104127     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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