Resolution and noise properties of 123I MIBG SPECT with collimator-detector response modeling

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2779-2786

  Moody, Jonathan B ^a   Dewaraja, Yuni K ^b   Ficaro, Edward P ^a,b  

^a INVIA LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

collimator detector response compensation; detector scatter; heart to mediastinum ratio; septal penetration

Indexed keywords

CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY CIRCUITS (CDR CIRCUITS); HEART; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COLLIMATOR-DETECTOR RESPONSE; COLLIMATOR-DETECTOR RESPONSE COMPENSATIONS; DETECTOR SCATTERS; GEOMETRIC RESPONSE; HEART-TO-MEDIASTINUM RATIOS; NOISE PROPERTIES; SEPTAL PENETRATION; SIMULATED IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84858690409     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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