Significance of nonuniform attenuation correction in quantitative brain SPECT imaging

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1719-1726

  Rajeevan, Nallakkandi ^a   Zubal, I George ^b   Ramsby, S Quinn ^b   Zoghbi, Sami S ^b   Seibyl, John ^b   Innis, Robert B ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Nonuniform attenuation correction; Quantitative SPECT

Indexed keywords

COBALT 57; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; IODINE 123;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COCAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMOBILIZATION; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031713523     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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