Quantitative single-photon emission computed tomography: Basic and clinical considerations

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 38-65

  Tsui, Benjamin M W ^a   Zhao, Xide ^a   Frey, Eric C ^a   McCartney, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0028123987     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-2998(05)80248-X     Document Type: Article

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