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A Machine Learning Approach to Estimate the Annihilation Photon Interactions Inside the Scintillator of a PET Scanner

Bharthavarapu, 2020

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Bharthavarapu S
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Biochemical processes are chemical processes that occur in living organisms. They can be studied with nuclear medicine through the help of radioactive tracers. Based on the radioisotope used, the photons that are emitted from the body tissue are either detected by …
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