High-resolution, anamorphic, adaptive small-animal SPECT imaging with silicon double-sided strip detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8143, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Durko, Heather L ^a   Peterson, Todd E ^b   Barrett, Harrison H ^a   Furenlid, Lars R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

125I; adaptive; anamorphic; calibration; contracting grid; crossed slits; double sided strip detector; parameter estimation; silicon; small animal; SPECT

Indexed keywords

125I; ADAPTIVE; ANAMORPHIC; CONTRACTING GRID; CROSSED SLITS; SMALL-ANIMAL; SPECT; STRIP DETECTORS;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SILICON DETECTORS; TUNGSTEN;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 80054897172     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.896729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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