Simultaneous emission and transmission measurements as an adjunct to dynamic planar gamma camera studies

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 326-331

  Bailey, Dale L ^a,b   Robinson, Michael ^a   Meikle, Steven R ^a   Bye, Peter T P ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic emission transmission studies; Patient movement; Single photon emission tomography

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0029873525     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00837632     Document Type: Article

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