Evaluation of respiratory motion effect on defect detection in myocardial perfusion SPECT: A simulation study

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 671-676

  Yang, Yu Wen ^a   Chen, Jyh Cheng ^b   He, Xin ^a   Wang, Shyh Jen ^b   Tsui, Benjamin M W ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Channelized Hotelling observer(CHO); Mathematical observer; Myocardial perfusion SPECT; Phantom population

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS; BREATH-HOLD; CHANNELIZED HOTELLING OBSERVER(CHO); CHANNELIZED HOTELLING OBSERVERS; CORRECTION METHOD; DEFECT DETECTION; DEFECT LOCATION; DEFECT SIZE; DETECTABILITY; DIFFERENT SIZES; EM ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL OBSERVER; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SPECT; PHANTOM POPULATION; POISSON NOISE; PROJECTION DATA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPECT PROJECTIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DROPS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETOPLASMA; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TECHNETIUM;

DEFECTS;

EID: 67649229885     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2015446     Document Type: Article

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