A control systems approach for the simulation of renal dynamic software phantoms for nuclear medicine

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 401-411

  Houston, Alexander S ^a   Sampson, William F D ^a   Jose, Romina M J ^b   Boyce, James F ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL HASLAR   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; KIDNEY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PENTETIC ACID; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SOFTWARE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINARY BLADDER; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032909786     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/2/008     Document Type: Article

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