PET count rate performance and CT image quality of a 16-slice LSO PET/CT for clinical whole-body imaging

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 963-965

  Carney, J P J ^a   Yap, J T ^a   Townsend, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; PATIENT TREATMENT; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

GEOMETRIC ARTIFACTS; LSO-BASED SCANNERS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 4344604152     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2004.05.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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