A novel method for the estimation of infarct size in a reperfused rat model for pinhole SPECT

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1786-1789

  Bal, Harshali ^a   Thomas, Daniel ^a   Cao, Zixiong ^a   Ferrari, Victor ^a   Horowitz, Jim ^a   Acton, Paul D ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

INFARCT SIZE ESTIMATES; MOUSE BODY (MOBY) PHANTOM; STATISTICAL NOISE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE (TTC);

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846626305     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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