Accurate attenuation correction in SPECT imaging using optimization of bilinear functions and assuming an unknown spatially-varying attenuation distribution

ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 613-621

  Ramlau, R ^a   Clackdoyle, R ^a   Noo, F ^a   Bal, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0008873898     PISSN: 00442267     EISSN: 15214001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4001(200009)80:9<613::AID-ZAMM613>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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