Evaluation and Optimization of Compensation Methods for Myocardial SPECT using a Set of Realistic Phantoms that Include Patient Variability

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 764-768

  He, X ^a   Frey, E C ^a   Links, J ^b   Gilland, K L ^a   Segars, W P ^a   Tsui, B M W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

SCATTER COMPENSATION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0142148130     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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