A methodology for optimizing the acquisition time of a clinical PET scan using GATE

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2896-2901

  Karakatsanis, Nicolas A ^a   Loudos, George ^b   Nikita, Konstantina S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION TIME; BODY SIZES; COUNTING RATES; CRITICAL PARAMETER; DEADTIME; DIFFERENT SIZES; DOSE RANGE; ENERGY WINDOWS; IMAGING PROTOCOL; LOW DOSE; MOTION ARTIFACT; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNT RATES; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNTS; OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGY; PEAK VALUES; PET SCAN; PET/CT SCANNERS; PROJECTION DATA; RATE PERFORMANCE; SCANNER SYSTEMS; SCANNING TIME; SIMULATION PACKAGES; SIMULATION STUDIES; STATISTICAL QUALITY; TIME WINDOWS;

IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VEHICLE ROUTING;

SCANNING;

EID: 77951154463     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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