A maximum entropy method to compute the 13NH3 pulmonary transit time from right to left ventricle in cardiac PET studies

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-32

  Steenstrup, Stig ^a   Hove, Jens D ^b   Kofoed, Klaus ^b   Kelbæk, Henning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Cardiological Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deconvolution; Maximum entropy; PET; Pulmonary transit time

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DECONVOLUTION; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

DECONVOLUTIONS; DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS; LEFT VENTRICLES; MAXIMUM-ENTROPY; MAXIMUM-ENTROPY METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIC; PULMONARY TRANSIT TIME; TOMOGRAPHIC; TRANSIT-TIME;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTROPY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036168587     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/23/1/303     Document Type: Article

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