Downscatter correction and choice of collimator in 123I imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Small, A D ^a   Prosser, J ^a   Motherwell, D W ^a   McCurrach, G M ^a   Fletcher, A M ^a   Martin, W ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCATTER CORRECTION; ENERGY EMISSIONS; LOW ENERGY COLLIMATOR; OUTLYING SCATTER;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PATTERN MATCHING; SCATTERING;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

IODINE 123; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENERGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33747596917     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/17/N03     Document Type: Article

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