Suzuki et al., 2013 - Google Patents
A four-pixel matched collimator for high-sensitivity SPECT imagingSuzuki et al., 2013
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- 14883572603578628239
- Author
- Suzuki A
- Takeuchi W
- Ishitsu T
- Tsuchiya K
- Ueno Y
- Kobashi K
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- Physics in Medicine and Biology
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We propose a wide aperture parallel-hole collimator that we call a 4-pixel matched collimator (4-PMC) for high-sensitivity SPECT imaging. The hole size of the 4-PMC is matched to four detector pixels; that is, there are four (2× 2) pixels per collimator hole. By …
- 238000002603 single-photon emission computed tomography 0 title abstract description 55
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