Mathematical basis of point-area deconvolution method for determining in vivo input functions

✍ Scribed by D. P. Vaughan; M. Dennis

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 332 KB
• Volume: 67
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-3549
• DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600670524

✦ Synopsis

The point-area method for deconvolution derives a "staircase" input function which, when convolved onto the characteristic function, gives an output function coincidental with the given output data points. The area--area method for deconvolution is shown to be erroneous.