Evaluation of attenuation and scatter correction requirements as a function of object size in small animal PET imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5 PART 1, 2011, Pages 2308-2314

  Konik, A ^a   Koesters, T ^b   Madsen, M T ^c   Sunderland, J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; computer simulation; positron emission tomography; scatter correction

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; ATTENUATION MAPS; CORRECTION METHOD; EMISSION DATA; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN IMAGING; MEAN ERRORS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OBJECT SIZE; PET SCANNER; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; POSITRON EMISSION; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; SCATTER CORRECTION; SINOGRAM DATA; SMALL ANIMAL; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SMALL ANIMAL PET; SMALL ANIMAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIES; TRANSMISSION SCANS; X-RAY CT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA RAYS; MAMMALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRONS; SCANNING; SCATTERING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80054060829     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2160998     Document Type: Article

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