Count rate dependence of local signal-to-noise ratio in positron emission tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 II, 2004, Pages 2670-2680

  Watson, Charles C ^a  

^a CPS Innovations   (United States)

Author keywords

Count rate modeling; Image variance; Injected dose; Noise equivalent counts; Optimization methods; Positron emission tomography; Signal to noise ratio (SNR)

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PATIENT MONITORING; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

COUNT RATE MODELING; IMAGE VARIANCE; INJECTED DOSE; NOISE EQUIVALENT COUNTS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 8344228611     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.835743     Document Type: Article

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