Convex optimization of coincidence time resolution for a high-resolution PET system

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 391-400

  Reynolds, Paul D ^a   Olcott, Peter D ^a   Pratx, Guillem ^a   Lau, Frances W Y ^a   Levin, Craig S ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coincidence; convex; positron emission tomography; PSAPD; time resolution

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION PROBLEMS; COINCIDENCE; CONVEX; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; COORDINATE DESCENT; CORRELATED NOISE; DIRECT SOLUTION; DUAL PANEL; HIGH-RESOLUTION PET; ITERATION NUMBERS; LISTMODE; LSO SCINTILLATOR; MATRIX INVERSIONS; MEASURED DATA; NOISE AMPLIFICATION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PHOTO PEAKS; POSITION SENSITIVE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; PSAPD; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SIGNAL DELAYS; SYSTEM CALIBRATION; TIME DISPERSION; TIME RESOLUTION; TIMING RESOLUTIONS; TIMING SYSTEMS;

CALIBRATION; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; ELECTRONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRONS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79551575160     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2080282     Document Type: Article

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