Model-based crosstalk compensation for simultaneous 99mTc/ 123I dual-isotope brain SPECT imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3530-3543

  Du, Yong ^a   Tsui, Benjamin M W ^a   Frey, Eric C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain SPECT imaging; Crosstalk compensation; Dual isotope

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ISOTOPES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OBJECT DETECTION; PHOTONS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN SPECT IMAGING; COLLIMATOR-DETECTOR RESPONSE; CROSS-TALK ESTIMATION; CROSSTALK COMPENSATIONS; CROSSTALK CONTAMINATIONS; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTON INTERACTIONS;

CROSSTALK;

IODINE 123; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; IMAGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROIMAGING; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34548295530     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2768863     Document Type: Article

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