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This paper describes a software correction of scatter coincidence in positron CT which is based on an estimation of scatter projections from true projections by an integral transform. Kernels for the integral transform are projected distributions of scatter coincidences for a line source at different positions in a water phantom and are calculated by Klein-Nishina's formula. True projections of any composite object can be determined from measured projections by iterative applications of the integral transform. The correction method was tested in computer simulations and phantom experiments with Positologica. The results showed that effects of scatter coincidence are not negligible in the quantitation of images, but the correction reduces them significantly.
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Endo, M., Iinuma, T.A. Software correction of scatter coincidence in positron CT. Eur J Nucl Med 9, 391–396 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295572
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295572