• DocumentCode
    864037
  • Title

    Effects of Quantization of Time-of-Flight (TOF) Measurements on Image Signal-to-Noise Ratio in TOF Emission Tomography

  • Author

    Politte, David G. ; Holmes, Timothy J. ; Snyder, Donald L.

  • Author_Institution
    Washington University St. Louis, Missouri 63110
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    720
  • Lastpage
    722
  • Abstract
    An effort to predict the signal-to-noise ratio performance in positron-emission tomography as a function of the number of levels used in quantizing the time-of-flight measurement has been undertaken. Conditions are identified under which the time-of-flight measurement and the error due to quantization are virtually uncorrelated. A simulation of time-of-flight tomography is undertaken to check the mathematical approximations of the analytical approach.
  • Keywords
    Analytical models; Density measurement; Mathematical model; Measurement errors; Probability distribution; Quantization; Random variables; Sampling methods; Signal to noise ratio; Tomography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1983.4332364
  • Filename
    4332364
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=864037