Minimum detectable defect thickness in SPECT myocardial perfusion test: Phantom study with 99mTc and 201Tl

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 183-188

  Elkamhawy, A A ^a   Chandna, H ^a  

^a Cuero Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline SPECT images; External quality control test; Inferoposterior artifact; Minimum detectable thickness; SPECT

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHANTOM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THICKNESS;

HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TECHNETIUM; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035677839     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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