Technical pitfalls in image acquisition, processing, and display

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 278-294

  Forstrom, Lee A ^a   Dunn, William L ^a   O'Connor, Michael K ^a   Decklever, Teresa D ^a   Hardyman, Tim J ^a   Howarth, Douglas M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030254690     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-2998(96)80004-3     Document Type: Article

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