Time-of-flight precision and PET image accuracy

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3657-3660

  Kolthammer, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Tang, Jing ^b   Perkins, Amy E ^b   Muzic, Raymond F ^c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND NOISE; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; PET IMAGES; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; POSITION CONTROL; SPHERES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 79960313938     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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