Iterative reconstruction based on median root prior in quantification of myocardial blood flow and oxygen metabolism

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 862-867

  Katoh, Chietsugu ^a   Ruotsalainen, Ulla ^b   Laine, Hanna ^b   Alenius, Sakari ^b   Iida, Hidehiro ^b   Nuutila, Pirjo ^b   Knuuti, Juhani ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

15O; Iterative reconstruction; Myocardial blood flow; Myocardial oxygen metabolism; PET

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; OXYGEN 15;

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

EID: 0032930353     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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