First human brain imaging by the jPET-D4 prototype with a Pre-computed system Matrix

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2482-2492

  Yamaya, Taiga ^a   Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Obi, Takashi ^b   Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshikawa, Kyosan ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

3D image reconstruction; Depth of interaction (DOI); Positron emission tomography (PET); System modeling

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEAD ALLOYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODEL STRUCTURES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; REPAIR; RESTORATION; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

3D IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES; AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; AXIAL SHIFTS; CALCULATION TIMES; COMPUTER MEMORIES; DEPTH-OF-INTERACTION (DOI); DESKTOP WORKSTATIONS; EM ALGORITHMS; HUMAN BRAINS; IMAGE ELEMENTS; NEW SYSTEMS; PB SYSTEMS; PET SCANNERS; PETABYTES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); RESOLUTION LOSSES; ROTATIONAL SYMMETRIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SYSTEM MATRIXES; SYSTEM MODELING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 57849109946     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2003252     Document Type: Article

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