PET Image Correction

The image generally achieved is presented as a gray scale image of a cross-section of the object, with the intensity of each picture element proportional to the isotope concentration at that point in the object. When unclear images result it may be caused by the quality of the measured attenuation correction [10, 13] or by poor photon statistics. [11] One method for correcting blurring in PET images uses an empirically determined, tabulated relationship between depth-of-interaction and most probable pulse-height for each detected gamma ray. [12]

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