A technique for using ct images in attenuation correction and quantification in spect

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 83-97

  Fleming, J S ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ABDOMEN; ALGORITHMS; HUMAN; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0024549419     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-198902000-00002     Document Type: Article

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