A new method for hot-spot quantification of hybrid SPECT/CT cardiac images: Methodology and preliminary phantom validation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2814-2821

  Liu, Yi Hwa ^a,b   Fernando, Gary P ^b   Sinusas, Albert J ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography (CT); Hot spot; Phantom; Quantification; Single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; PHANTOM; QUANTIFICATION; SINGLE-PHOTON-EMISSION COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

CALIBRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; THALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33750424309     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.879823     Document Type: Article

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