Measured count-rate performance of the Discovery STE PET/CT scanner in 2D, 3D and partial collimation acquisition modes

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3723-3738

  MacDonald, L R ^a   Schmitz, R E ^a   Alessio, A M ^a   Wollenweber, S D ^b   Stearns, C W ^b   Ganin, A ^b   Harrison, R L ^a   Lewellen, T K ^a   Kinahan, P E ^a  

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

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SCANNING; STANDARDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACQUISITION MODES; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; ACTIVITY LEVELS; COUNT RATES; DETECTOR PARAMETERS; INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT (NEC) RATES; OBJECT SIZE; PARTIAL COLLIMATION; PARTIAL COLLIMATION MODE; PATIENT SIZE; RANDOM COINCIDENCES; RATE PERFORMANCE; SCATTER FRACTION (SF); THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) ACQUISITION; TIME FUNCTIONS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47649124206     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/14/002     Document Type: Article

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