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An investigation of methods of pileup rejection for 2-D array detectors employed in high resolution PET

Germano et al., 1991

Document ID
3870174007270218299
Author
Germano G
Hoffman E
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE transactions on medical imaging

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Two methods of rejecting pileup events in 2-D array detectors used in positron emission tomography (PET) are investigated. Since the methods are based on different physical properties, they were investigated separately and in combination. Method one is based on …
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