An evaluation of reconstruction techniques and scatter correction in bone spect of the spine

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 565-570

  Starck, S ^a   Ohlsson, J ^b   Carlsson, S ^c  

^a Clinical Physiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Uddevalla Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone SPECT; Iterative reconstruction; Scatter correction; Visual grading analysis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM TC 99M HYDROXYMETHYLENE DIPHOSPHONATE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 1542495702     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200305000-00013     Document Type: Article

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