Scatter correction based on an artificial neural network for 99mTc and 123I dual-isotope SPECT in myocardial and brain imaging

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Bai, Jingming ^a   Hashimoto, Jun ^a   Ogawa, Koichi ^b   Nakahara, Tadaki ^a   Suzuki, Takayuki ^a   Kubo, Atsushi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Brain SPECT; Dual isotope SPECT; Myocardial SPECT; Scatter correction

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; 15 (4 IODOPHENYL) 3 METHYLPENTADECANOIC ACID I 123; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; IODINE 123; IOMAZENIL; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEARNING ALGORITHM; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33847130108     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033996     Document Type: Article

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