Attenuation correction: Eternal dilemma or real improvement?

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-42

  Hendel, R C ^a,b  

^a Midwest Heart Specialists   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Cardiology; Tomography, emission computed single photon

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; ROC CURVE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 20644432234     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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