Count-rate performance of the discovery STE PET scanner using partial collimation

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2488-2493

  MacDonald, Lawrence R ^a,b   Schmitz, Ruth E ^a,b   Alessio, Adam M ^a,b   Wollenweber, Scott D ^a,c   Stearns, Charles W ^a,c   Ganin, Alexander ^a,c   Harrison, Robert L ^a,b   Lewellen, Thomas K ^a,b   Kinahan, Paul E ^a,b  

^a IEEE

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

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; IMAGE QUALITY PHANTOM;

SCANNING;

EID: 38649140203     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354416     Document Type: Conference Paper

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