Generation of planar images from lung ventilation/perfusion SPECT

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 437-445

  Bailey, Dale L ^a,b,c   Schembri, Geoffrey P ^b,c   Harris, Benjamin E ^a,b,c   Bailey, Elizabeth A ^c   Cooper, Robert A ^c   Roach, Paul J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gamma camera; Lung; Pulmonary embolus; SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography)

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNEGAS TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 46649093589     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-007-0120-1     Document Type: Article

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