Attenuation correction for lung SPECT: Evidence of need and validation of an attenuation map derived from the emission data

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1076-1089

  Núñez, Margarita ^a,b,c   Prakash, Vineet ^c   Vila, Ricardo ^b   Mut, Fernando ^b   Alonso, Omar ^a,b   Hutton, Brian F ^c  

^a University School of Medical Technology   (Uruguay)

^b Centro Calidad de Vida   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image processing; Pulmonary embolism; Reconstruction quantification; SPECT; V Q

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; TRACER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 67349093506     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1090-4     Document Type: Article

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