Segmented attenuation correction for myocardial SPECT

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-143

  Takahashi, Yasuyuki ^a,e   Murase, Kenya ^a   Mochizuki, Teruhito ^b   Higashino, Hiroshi ^c   Sugawara, Yoshifumi ^b   Kinda, Akiyoshi ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Ehime Prefectural Imabari Hospital   (Japan)

^d Toshiba Med Syst Eng Laboratory   (Japan)

^e Ehime Pref Matsuyama Reg Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emission computed tomography; Myocardial SPECT; Segmented attenuation correction; Transmission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA RADIATION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE; TRANSMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042835966     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02985104     Document Type: Article

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