Analysis of potassium spectra with low counting statistics using trapezoidal and library least-squares methods

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1367-1373

  Ramirez, L M ^a   Wielopolski, L ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; In vivo; Library least squares; Low counting statistics; Potassium; Trapezoidal method

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POTASSIUM; RADIATION EFFECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ERROR PROPAGATION; SYNTHETIC SPECTRA; WATER PHANTOM;

ISOTOPES;

POTASSIUM; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4544318797     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.125     Document Type: Article

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