Optimization of acquisition parameters for simultaneous 201Tl and 99mTc dual-isotope myocardial imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1227-1235

  Wang, Wen Tung ^b   Tsui, Benjamin M W ^a,c   Lalush, David S ^d   Tocharoenchai, Chiraporn ^e   Frey, Eric C ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

201Tl; 99mTc; Listmode; Optimization; Simultaneous dual isotope imaging

Indexed keywords

201 TL; 99M TC; LISTMODE; SIMULTANEOUS DUAL-ISOTOPE IMAGING;

DATA ACQUISITION; ISOTOPES; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 29144504393     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.851421     Document Type: Article

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