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Calibration of scintillation cameras and pinhole SPECT imaging systems

Chen et al., 2005

Document ID
16322603965118959643
Author
Chen Y
Furenlid L
Wilson D
Barrett H
Publication year
Publication venue
Small-Animal SPECT Imaging

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Linear digital-imaging systems are most accurately described as mappings from an object, which is a function of continuous variables, to a discrete set of measurements. When the object is approximated by a discrete vector (eg, a linear combination of some expansion …
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