Quantitation in positron emission computed tomography: 2. effects of inaccurate attenuation correction

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1979, Pages 804-814

  Huang, Sung Cheng ^a   Hoffman, Edward J ^a   Phelps, Michael E ^a   Kuh, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation values; Data processing; Emission computed tomography; Image reconstruction; Noise

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0018667264     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-197903060-00018     Document Type: Article

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