Image fusion using an integrated, dual-head coincidence camera with x-ray tube-based attenuation maps

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1364-1368

  Patton, J A ^a   Delbeke, D ^a   Sandler, M P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coincidence imaging; Image fusion; X ray attenuation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; X RAY TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033887446     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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