Study of relative quantification of Tc-99m with partial volume effect and spillover correction for SPECT oncology imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 2705-2709

  Boening, Guido ^a   Pretorius, P Hendrik ^a   King, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECTS (PVE); RELATIVE QUANTIFICATION; SPECT ONCOLOGY IMAGING; SPILLOVER CORRECTIONS;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 23844527652     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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