Single-photon emission tomographic quantification in spherical objects: Effects of object size and background

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-271

  Zito, Felicia ^a   Gilardi, Maria Carla ^a   Magnani, Patrizia ^a   Fazio, Ferruccio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Partial volume effect; Recovery coefficient; Single photon emission tomography; Spillover

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE CANCER; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MELANOMA; MODEL; PHANTOM; RADIOACTIVITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030000352     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00837624     Document Type: Article

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