Measurement of the physical PSF for an integrated PET/MR using targeted positron beams

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2089-2095

  Watson, Charles C ^a  

^a Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYPER-RESOLUTION; NUMBER OF ITERATIONS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; RADIAL COMPONENT; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; SUPPRESSION OF NOISE;

ELECTRONS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PARTICLE BEAMS;

POSITRONS;

EID: 84872734821     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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