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Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction for 3D PET

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The Theory and Practice of 3D PET

Part of the book series: Developments in Nuclear Medicine ((DNUM,volume 32))

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The purpose of this chapter is to explain the underlying concepts of the most common image reconstruction methods. The question to be answered in this chapter is: how can we use the additional information from a 3D PET scan (as compared to a 2D scan) to improve the signal to noise ratio in the reconstructed image?

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  1. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Free University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium

    Michel Defrise

  2. PET Facility, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, USA

    Paul Kinahan

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  1. Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, DSV /DRM-CEA, 4 Place du Général Leclerc, 91406, Orsay, France

    Bernard Bendriem

  2. PET Facility, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    David W. Townsend

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Defrise, M., Kinahan, P. (1998). Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction for 3D PET. In: Bendriem, B., Townsend, D.W. (eds) The Theory and Practice of 3D PET. Developments in Nuclear Medicine, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3475-2_2

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