Correction of nonuniform attenuation and image fusion in SPECT imaging by means of separate x-ray CT

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 255-261

  Kashiwagi, Toru ^a   Yutani, Kenji ^a   Fukuchi, Minoru ^a   Naruse, Hitoshi ^a   Iwasaki, Tadaaki ^a   Yokozuka, Koichi ^b   Inoue, Shinichi ^b   Kondo, Shoji ^b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Image registration; Nonuniform attenuation correction; Single photon emission tomography; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORK; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCINTISCANNING; THORAX;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; HUMANS;

EID: 0035991875     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03000104     Document Type: Article

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