Absolute activity quantitation from projections using an analytical approach: Comparison with iterative methods in Tc-99m and I-123 brain SPECT

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3 II, 2001, Pages 768-773

  El Fakhri, G ^a   Kijewski, M F ^a   Moore, S C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; I 123 imaging; Monte Carlo simulation; Quantitative brain SPECT; Scatter correction; Tc 99m imaging; Variable collimator response correction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS;

ABSOLUTE ACTIVITY QUANTITATION; SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035355056     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.940161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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