DOI-based reconstruction algorithms for a compact breast PET scanner

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1660-1671

  Champley, Kyle M ^a   MacDonald, Lawrence R ^b   Lewellen, Thomas K ^b   Miyaoka, Robert S ^b   Kinahan, Paul E ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast PET; depth of interaction; FDG PET; positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROCRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCANNING;

ANALYTICAL RECONSTRUCTION; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; FDG PET; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; MONTE CARLO SIMULATORS; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952173256     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3547712     Document Type: Article

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