Use of X-ray CT-defined regions of interest for the determination of SPECT recovery coefficients

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4 PART 1, 1997, Pages 1594-1599

  Tang, H R ^a   Brown, J K ^a   Hasegawa, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT); X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031210844     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.632738     Document Type: Article

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