A Bayesian iterative transmission gradient reconstruction algorithm for cardiac SPECT attenuation correction

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-333

  Case, James A ^a   Hsu, Bai Ling ^a   Bateman, Timothy M ^a,b   Cullom, S James ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies LLC   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation correction; iterative reconstruction; myocardial perfusion; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BAYES THEOREM; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 34249790881     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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