Three-Dimensional Correction for Spillover and Recovery of Myocardial PET Images

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 767-774

  Nuyts, Johan ^a   Macs, Alex ^b   Vrolix, Matthias ^b   Schiepers, Christiaan ^b   Schelbert, Heinrich ^b   Kuhle, William ^b   Bormans, Guy ^b   Poppe, Gert ^b   Buxton, Denis ^b   Suetens, Paul ^b   De Geest, Hilaire ^b   Mortelmans, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Myocardial perfusion; PET; Recovery correction

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NITROGEN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOG; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DOGS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0030136750     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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