Transmission imaging for registration of ictal and interictal single- photon emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 202-205

  Sipilä, Outi ^a,b   Nikkinen, Päivi ^d   Savolainen, Sauli ^d   Granström, Marja Liisa ^a   Gaily, Eija ^a   Poutanen, Veli Pekka ^d   Pohjonen, Hanna ^c   Liewendahl, Kristian ^d  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Technology Development Centre   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Brain single; Epilepsy; Photon emission tomography; Registration; Transmission imaging

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; REGISTRATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033956531     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050027     Document Type: Article

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