Investigation of the relationship between linear attenuation coefficients and CT Hounsfield units using radionuclides for SPECT

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1206-1212

  Brown, Saxby ^a,b   Bailey, Dale L ^a,b   Willowson, Kathy ^a,b   Baldock, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; CT; Radionuclide; SPECT

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; RADIOISOTOPES; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

HOUNSFIELD UNITS (HU); LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS (LAC);

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

INDIUM 111; IODINE 123; IODINE 131; OIL; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT HOUNSFIELD UNIT; DOSIMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SAWDUST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLANT OILS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER; WOOD;

EID: 45949110209     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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