Clinical impact of combination of scatter, attenuation correction, and depth-dependent resolution recovery for 201Tl studies

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1451-1456

  Harel, F ^a   Genin R ^a   Daou, D ^a   Lebtahi, R ^a   Delahaye, N ^a   Helal, B O ^a   Le Guludec, D ^a   Faraggi, M ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Myocardial perfusion; Scatter correction

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0034790084     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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