Implications of dual-energy-window (DEW) scatter correction inaccuracies for 111in quantitative geometric mean imaging

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-86

  Choi, C W ^a   Barker, W Craig ^a   Buvat, I ^a   Carrasquillo, J A ^a   Bacharach, S L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 111;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0031039292     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199701000-00016     Document Type: Article

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