Simulating technetium-99m cerebral perfusion studies with a three-dimensional Hoffman brain phantom: Collimator and filter selection in SPECT neuroimaging

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-160

  Kim, Hee Joung ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Collimator; Filter; Neuroimaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN PERFUSION; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0029665777     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03165071     Document Type: Article

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