High-sensitivity SPECT imaging using large collimator holes and geometric blurring compensation

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 4279-4284

  Zhang, Bin ^a,b   Zeng, Gengsheng L ^c  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collimator; High sensitivity; Resolution compensation; SPECT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCEPTANCE ANGLES; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER SIMULATIONS; DEGRADED IMAGES; DETECTION EFFICIENCIES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITIES; HIGH-SENSITIVITY; NOISY MEASUREMENTS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PHANTOM EXPERIMENTS; PHILIPS; RESOLUTION COMPENSATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION SR); SPECT; SPECT IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48149088791     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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