Optimization and calibration of slat position for a SPECT with slit-slat collimator and pixelated detector crystals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5 PART 1, 2011, Pages 2234-2243

  Deng, Xiao ^a   Ma, Tianyu ^b   Lecomte, Roger ^c,d   Yao, Rutao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geometrical calibration; optimization; septa to crystal position; slit slat collimator; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PET; AXIAL DIRECTION; AXIAL POINTS; AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CALIBRATION METHOD; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; GEOMETRICAL CALIBRATION; MC SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO; PHOTON FLUX; PIXELATED DETECTORS; SEPTA-TO-CRYSTAL POSITION; SIMULATED DATA; SIMULATED PHANTOM; SLIT-SLAT COLLIMATOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECT; SPECT IMAGING SYSTEMS; SPECT SYSTEM; SYSTEM MATRICES; SYSTEM SENSITIVITY;

CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTIMIZATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 80054055705     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2163418     Document Type: Article

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