Standardization of the heart-to-mediastinum ratio of 123I- labelled-metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake using the dual energy window method: Feasibility of correction with different camera-collimator combinations

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 560-566

  Matsuo, Shinro ^a   Nakajima, Kenichi ^a   Okuda, Koichi ^a   Kawano, Masaya ^b   Ishikawa, Takehiro ^c   Hosoya, Tetsuo ^c   Taki, Junichi ^a   Kinuya, Seigo ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJIFILM CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiology MIBG; Gamma cameras; Imaging; Iodine; MIBG heart failure; Nuclear imaging detectors

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART; MEDIASTINUM; PHANTOM; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; STANDARDIZATION;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MEDIASTINUM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 62149099984     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-0971-2     Document Type: Article

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