Validation and evaluation of model-based crosstalk compensation method in simultaneous 99mTc stress and 201Tl rest myocardial perfusion SPECT

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 72-79

  Song, X ^a   Frey, E C ^a   Wang, W T ^b,c   Du, Y ^a   Tsui, B M W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosstalk compensation; Dual isotope; Simultaneous acqusition; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSSTALK; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE QUALITY; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; X RAYS;

CROSSTALK COMPENSATION; DUAL-ISOTOPE; SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 2342544812     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.823017     Document Type: Article

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