A DOI-dependent extended energy window method to control balance of scatter and true events

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2475-2481

  Yoshida, Eiji ^a   Kitamura, Keishi ^b   Shibuya, Kengo ^a   Nishikido, Fumihiko ^a   Hasegawa, Tomoyuki ^c   Yamaya, Taiga ^a   Lam, Chihfung ^a   Inadama, Naoko ^a   Murayama, Hideo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DOI; Energy window; PET

Indexed keywords

COMPTON SCATTERING; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; IMAGE QUALITY; SCANNING; WINDOWS;

ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPTON SCATTERS; CRYSTAL SCATTERS; DOI; DOI DETECTORS; DOI INFORMATIONS; ENERGY INFORMATIONS; ENERGY WINDOW; HIGH IMAGE QUALITIES; PET; PET SCANNERS; SCATTER FRACTIONS; SCATTER REDUCTION METHODS; SIMULATION RESULTS; UPPER LAYERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 57849165504     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2003357     Document Type: Article

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