Effect of CT-based attenuation correction on uptake ratios in skeletal SPECT

NuklearMedizin

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-42

  Schulz, V ^a   Nickel, I ^a   Nomayr A ^a   Vija, A H ^b   Hocke, C ^a   Hornegger, J ^a   Bautz, W ^a   Romer W ^a   Kuwert, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Bone scintigraphy; Hybrid imaging; Image fusion; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

ETIDRONIC ACID TC 99M; TRACER;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PHANTOM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKELETON;

EID: 33847750781     PISSN: 00295566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616624     Document Type: Article

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