Implementation of a Tc-99m and Ce-139 scanning line source for attenuation correction in SPECT using a dual opposing detector scintillation camera

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1523-1534

  Du Raan, H ^a   Du Toit, P D ^a   Van Aswegen, A ^a   Lotter M G ^a   Herbst, C P ^a   Van Der Walt, T N ^b   Otto, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Cerium 139; Transmission imaging

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; TRANSMISSIONS;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; ATTENUATION CORRECTION METHOD; IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS; SCINTILLATION CAMERAS; SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION; SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION IMAGING;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CERIUM; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; COMPTON EFFECT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033861082     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.599018     Document Type: Article

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