Comparison of scatter compensation strategies for cardiac perfusion imaging using Tc-99m labeled sestamibi

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 2188-2192

  Gur, Yigal S ^a   Farncombe, Troy H ^a   Pretorius, P Hendrik ^a   Gifford, Howard C ^a   Narayanan, Manoj V ^a   Frey, Eric C ^b   Gagnon, Daniel ^c   King, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Marconi Medical Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; CARDIAC PERFUSION IMAGING; ENERGY SPECTRUM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ATTENUATION; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035554236     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2001.1009257     Document Type: Article

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