Sensitivity in PET: Neural networks as an alternative to compton photons LOR analysis

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3594-3600

  Michaud, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Brunet, Charles Antoine ^b   Rafecas, Magdalena ^c   Lecomte, Roger ^b,d   Fontaine, Réjean ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTONS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

AND DETECTIONS; ANIMAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIES; ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; COMPTON; CRYSTAL SCATTERS; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; FINITE ENERGIES; GEOMETRICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; KINEMATICS ANALYSES; OTHER APPLICATIONS; POSITION QUANTIZATIONS; PREPROCESSING STEPS; SCATTERED EVENTS; SCATTERED PHOTONS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 48349114043     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436902     Document Type: Conference Paper

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