Optimized multipinhole design for mouse imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2696-2705

  Vunckx, Kathleen ^a   Nuyts, Johan ^a   Vanbilloen, Bert ^a   De Saint Hubert, Marijke ^a   Vanderghinste, Dominique ^a   Rattat, Dirk ^a   Mottaghy, Felix M ^a   Defrise, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Design methodology; Image enhancement; Multiplexing; Small animal imagers; SPECT instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BEFORE AND AFTER; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CIRCULAR MOTION; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DUAL-HEAD; FIELD OF VIEWS; GAMMA CAMERAS; HIGH-SENSITIVITY; MOUSE IMAGING; MULTI-PINHOLE COLLIMATORS; MULTIPINHOLE; NEW DESIGN; PINHOLE COLLIMATORS; PINHOLE DESIGNS; PRECLINICAL STUDIES; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; SIMULATION STUDIES; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECT INSTRUMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SENSORS; INSTRUMENTS; MULTIPLEXING; REFINING; TECHNETIUM; X RAY CAMERAS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 70350148198     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2030194     Document Type: Article

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