Quantitative evaluation in tumor SPECT and the effect of tumor size: Fundamental study with phantom

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-54

  Togawa, Takashi ^a   Yui, Nobuharu ^a   Kinoshita, Fujimi ^a   Yanagisawa, Masamichi ^a  

^a CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

partial volume effect; T N ratio; thallium index; tumor SPECT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPTON EFFECT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030892053     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03164760     Document Type: Article

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