Slit-slat collimator geometrical calibration for a PET/SPECT dual modality animal scanner

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2439-2442

  Deng, Xiao ^a   Beaudoin, Jean Francois ^b   Cadorette, Jules ^b   Ma, Tianyu ^d   Lecomte, Roger ^b,c   Yao, Rutao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; CENTER OF ROTATION; GEOMETRICAL CALIBRATIONS; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; POINT SOURCE MEASUREMENTS; SENSITIVITY PROFILES; SLIT-SLAT COLLIMATORS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84858680322     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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