Quantitative simultaneous In-111/Tc-99m planar imaging in a long-bone infection phantom

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7353-7365

  Zhu, Xuping ^a   Park, Mi Ae ^a   Gerbaudo, Victor H ^a   Moore, Stephen C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOISOTOPES;

GEOMETRIC MEAN; TRIPLE-ENERGY-WINDOW (TEW);

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

INDIUM 111; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; IMAGING; NOISE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ARTIFACTS; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEUKOCYTES; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 36949018188     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/24/010     Document Type: Article

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