Transmission scanning system for a γ camera coincidence scanner

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 692-699

  Laymon, Charles M ^a   Turkington, Timothy G ^b   Gilland, David R ^b   Coleman, R Edward ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

camera; 137Cs; Attenuation correction

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034109786     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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