Compensation for Distance-Dependent Resolution in Cardiac-Perfusion SPECT: Impact on Uniformity of Wall Counts and Wall Thickness

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1104-1110

  Kohli, Vandana ^a   King, Michael A ^b   Pan, Tin Su ^b   Click, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CARDIAC PERFUSION IMAGING; FILTERED BACKPROPAGATION RECONSTRUCTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032099506     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.681986     Document Type: Article

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