A Comparison of Gd/Tc Versus Tc/Tl Simultaneous Transmission and Emission Imaging Using Both Single and Triple Detector Fan-Beam SPECT Systems

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 2779-2786

  Welch, Andy ^a   Gullberg, Grant T ^a   Christian, Paul E ^a   Datz, Frederic L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRON SOURCES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; ATTENUATION MAP; ENERGY WINDOWS; FAN BEAM SPECT SYSTEMS; GADOLINIUM/TECHNETIUM COMBINATION; SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION AND EMISSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT); TECHNETIUM/THALLIUM COMBINATION; TRANSMISSION IMAGE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0028697359     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.340647     Document Type: Article

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