Kinetic Parameter Estimation From Renal Measurements With a Three-Headed SPECT System: A Simulation Study

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 363-373

  Vanzi, Eleonora ^a   Formiconi, Andreas Robert ^a,b   Bindi, Dino ^c   La Cava, Giuseppe ^a   Pupi, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Kinetic parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTION KINETICS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

KINETIC PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

TOMOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IODOHIPPURIC ACID; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KINETICS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IODOHIPPURIC ACID; KIDNEY; KINETICS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 1642341293     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2004.824149     Document Type: Article

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