Positron range effects in high resolution 3D pet imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2788-2791

  Cal Gonzalez J ^a   Herraiz, J L ^a   Espana S ^b   Desco, M ^c   Vaquero, J J ^c   Udias J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CT IMAGE; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; KERNEL PROFILE; MATERIAL COMBINATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NOISE PROPERTIES; PET IMAGES; PET IMAGING; POSITRON RANGE; RANGE PROFILES; SIMULATION MODEL; SMALL ANIMAL PET SCANNERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; GALLIUM; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; RUBIDIUM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

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EID: 77951188792     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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