Experimental evaluation of simultaneous emission and transmission imaging using TOF information

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2976-2980

  Mollet, Pieter ^a   Keereman, Vincent ^a   Vandenberghe, Stefaan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GRADIENT METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; COUNT RATE PERFORMANCE; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; SIMULTANEOUS EMISSION AND TRANSMISSIONS; SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION SOURCES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84858642573     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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