Theoretical analysis and simulation study of a high-resolution zoom-in PET system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5193-5208

  Zhou, Jian ^a   Qi, Jinyi ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER RESOLUTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHODS; LESION DETECTABILITY; MAP RECONSTRUCTION; MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI; NOISE PROPERTIES; PET IMAGING; PET SCANNER; TARGET REGIONS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM ORTHOSILICATE; SILICATE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUTETIUM; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICATES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 70350504126     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/17/008     Document Type: Article

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