High-definition positron emission tomography using restored sinograms

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4373-4377

  Li, Hongdi ^a   Zhang, Yuxuan ^a   Baghaei, Hossain ^a   Liu, Shitao ^a   Ramirez, Rocio ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   An, Shaohui ^a   Wong, Wai Hoi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PET; DETECTOR GEOMETRY; HIGH DEFINITION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-SENSITIVITY; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARALLAX ERROR; PET CAMERA; PET IMAGES; PHANTOM IMAGES; POINT SOURCES; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY CAMERAS; QUANTITATIVE ACCURACY; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; RESOLUTION RECOVERY; RESTORATION METHODS; SINOGRAM; SINOGRAMS; SMALL ANIMAL PET;

CAMERAS; DETECTORS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; RESTORATION; SODIUM;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67649212973     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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