SPECT imaging of pulmonary blood flow in a rat

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5031, Issue , 2003, Pages 252-261

  Wietholt, Christian ^a   Molthen, Robert C ^a,b   Johnson, Roger H ^a   Dawson, Christopher A ^a,b   Clough, Anne V ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Lung perfusion; Micro CT; Rat; Small animal SPECT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

FELDKAMP CONEBEAM RECONSTRUCTION; ORDERED SUBSET EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION RECONSTRUCTION; PULMONARY PERFUSION; RAT THORAX; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0042782833     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.485802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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