A novel method for respiratory motion gated with geometric sensitivity of the scanner in 3D PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2557-2565

  He, Jianfeng ^a,b   O'Keefe, Graeme J ^b   Gong, Sylvia Jie ^b   Jones, Gareth ^b   Saunder, Tim ^b   Scott, Andrew M ^b,c   Geso, Moshi ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c RIMT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geometric sensitivity; List mode; PET; Respiratory motion gating

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; IMAGE QUALITY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SCANNING; SECURITY OF DATA; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION; SPLINES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AXIAL LOCATIONS; CLINICAL DATUMS; COUNT RATES; DATA STREAMS; EVENT ACQUISITIONS; EXISTING METHODS; GATING TECHNIQUES; GEOMETRIC SENSITIVITY; HARDWARE DEVICES; LESION DETECTIONS; LIST-MODE; NON UNIFORMS; NOVEL METHODS; PET; PET SCANNERS; REALISTIC SIMULATIONS; RESPIRATORY GATING; RESPIRATORY MOTION GATING; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 57849122566     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2001187     Document Type: Article

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