Out-of-field scatter estimation in 3D whole body PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3886-3888

  Iatrou, Maria ^a   Manjeshwar, Ravindra M ^a   Wollenweber, Scott D ^b   Ross, Steven G ^b   Stearns, Charles W ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD OF VIEWS; HOT REGIONS; MODEL-BASED; QUANTITATIVE ACCURACY; SCATTER CORRECTION; SINGLE SCATTER SIMULATION; WHOLE BODY;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77951230080     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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