Measurement of heterogeneous distribution on Technegas SPECT images by three-dimensional fractal analysis

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 369-376

  Nagao, Michinobu ^a   Murase, Kenya ^b  

^a Matsuyama Medical Center for Cancer   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fractal analysis; Heterogeneity; Pulmonary emphysema; SPECT; Technegas

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIER; ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036760818     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02990073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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