4π Compton imaging using a 3-D position-sensitive CdZnTe detector via weighted list-mode maximum likelihood

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1618-1624

  Lehner, Carolyn E ^a   He, Zhong ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium zinc telluride; Compton camera; Gamma ray imaging; Gamma ray tracking; Image reconstruction; Maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE; COMPTON CAMERA; GAMMA-RAY IMAGING; GAMMA-RAY TRACKING;

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IRRADIATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; METAL DETECTORS; SIZE DETERMINATION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 4444249595     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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