Gamma camera-mounted anatomical X-ray tomography: Technology, system characteristics and first images

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 619-627

  Bocher, Moshe ^a   Balan, Adi ^b   Krausz, Yodphat ^a   Shrem, Yigal ^b   Lonn, Albert ^b   Wilk, Michael ^b   Chisin, Roland ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Elgems   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computerised tomography; Gamma camera; Image registration; Positron emission tomography Single photon emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY;

ADULT; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

EID: 0034043247     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050555     Document Type: Article

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