Image distortion and correction in single photon emission CT

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-185

  Ogawa, Koichi ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Correction; Image distortion; Image processing; Single photon emission CT

Indexed keywords

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; ATTENUATION; COLLIMATOR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3142523353     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02984998     Document Type: Review

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