Weighted backprojection implemented with a non-uniform attenuation map for improved spect quantitation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 625-628

  Floyd, C E ^b   Jaszczak, R J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING - RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTONS - ATTENUATION;

SINGLE-PHOTON-EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPECT QUANTITATION; WEIGHTED BACKPROJECTION;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 0344071788     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.12800     Document Type: Article

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