A study of possible causes of artifactual decreases in the left ventricular apex with SPECT cardiac perfusion Imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1016-1023

  Pretorius, P H ^a   King, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION CORRECTION (ARC); ATTENUATION COMPENSATION (AC); FILTERED BACKPROJECTION (FBP); ORDERED SUBSET EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION (OSEM) ALGORITHM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033321487     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.790815     Document Type: Article

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