Erratum: Focus on time-of-flight PET: The benefits of improved time resolution (European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1711-y);Focus on time-of-flight PET: The benefits of improved time resolution

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1147-1157

  Conti, Maurizio ^a  

^a Siemens Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Detectability; Dose; Image quality; Signal to noise; Time resolution; Time of flight; TOF PET

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TIME;

EID: 79958037890     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-011-1763-7     Document Type: Erratum

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