Simultaneous emission transmission tomography using technetium-99m for both emission and transmission

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1390-1397

  Barnden, Leighton R ^a   Ong, Peow L ^a   Rowe, Christopher C ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non uniform attenuation correction; Sestamibi single photon emission tomography

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBESITY; PHANTOM; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

HUMANS; OBESITY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

EID: 0030668771     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050165     Document Type: Article

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