Attenuation compensation of cardiac SPECT: A critical look at a confusing world

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 438-440

  Th Wackers, Frans J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036657411     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2002.125813     Document Type: Article

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