High rate photon counting CT using parallel digital PET electronics

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-47

  Riendeau, Joel ^b   Bérard, Philippe ^b   Viscogliosi, Nicolas ^b   Tétrault, Marc André ^b   Lemieux, François ^b   Lecomte, Roger ^a,b   Fontaine, Réjean ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Photon counting; Positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET CT)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; IMAGE FUSION; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION COUNTERS;

NOISE IMMUNITY; PHOTON COUNTING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 39049105646     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.914320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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