A Monte Carlo investigation of artifacts caused by liver uptake in single-photon emission computed tomography perfusion imaging with technetium 99m-labeled agents

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-29

  King, Michael A ^a   Xia, Weishi ^a   DeVries, Daniel J ^a   Pan, Tin Su ^a   Villegas, Benard J ^a   Dahlberg, Seth ^a   Tsui, Benjamin M W ^b   Ljungberg, Michael H ^c   Morgan, Hugh T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Ohio Imaging Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation compensation; Liver artifacts; Scatter correction; Single photon emission computed tomography; Technetium 99m labeled perfusion agents

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART PERFUSION; LIVER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030027469     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(96)90020-3     Document Type: Article

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