Limit of spatial resolution in FDG-PET due to annihilation Photon Non-Collinearity

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1667-1671

  Shibuya, K ^a   Yoshida, E ^a   Nishikido, F ^a   Suzuki, T ^a   Tsuda, T ^a   Inadama, N ^a   Yamaya, T ^a   Murayama, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angular deviation; Doppler effect; Ge semiconductor detector; In vivo study; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

ANGULAR DEVIATIONS; ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; ANNIHILATION RADIATIONS; GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; IN-VIVO; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953955498     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: 14339277     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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