Pediatric 99mTc-MDP bone SPECT with ordered subset expectation maximization iterative reconstruction with isotropic 3D resolution recovery

Radiology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 793-801

  Stansfield, Eryn Caamano ^a   Sheehy, Niall ^a   Zurakowski, David ^b   Vija, A Hans ^c   Fahey, Frederic H ^b   Treves, S Ted ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADULT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649645686     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10100102     Document Type: Article

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