Simultaneous technetium-99m/thallium-201 SPECT imaging with model-based compensation for cross-contaminating effects

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1843-1860

  Kadrmas, Dan J ^a   Frey, Eric C ^b   Tsui, Benjamin M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032783218     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/7/319     Document Type: Article

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