Revisiting the singles rate method for modeling accidental coincidences in PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4288-4291

  Oliver, Josep F ^a   Rafecas, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 67649184587     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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