Optimization of time-of-flight reconstruction on Philips GEMINI TF

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1994-2001

  Vandenberghe, Stefaan ^a   Van Elmbt, Larry ^c   Guerchaft, Michel ^b   Clementel, Enrico ^a   Verhaeghe, Jeroen ^a   Bol, Anne ^c   Lemahieu, Ignace ^a   Lonneux, Max ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

PET; Reconstruction; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 71849089592     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1164-3     Document Type: Article

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