Degradation of myocardial perfusion SPECT images caused by contaminants in thallous (201Tl) chloride

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 922-932

  Staelens, Steven G ^a,b,d   De Wit, Tim C ^a,b   Lemahieu, Ignace A ^d   Beekman, Freek J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Impurities; Monte Carlo; Myocardial perfusion; Septal penetration; Thallium

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; THALLIUM 200; THALLIUM 202; THALLIUM CHLORIDE TL 201; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; X RAY;

ARTIFACTS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALLIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 42149116352     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-0719-z     Document Type: Article

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