A clinical gamma camera-based pinhole collimated system for high resolution small animal SPECT imaging

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1160-1166

  Mejia, J ^a   Galvis Alonso, O Y ^a   de Castro, A A ^b   Braga, J ^c   Leite, J P ^b   Simoes M V ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Image processing; Instrumentation; Maximum likelihood; Pinhole collimator; Small animal organs; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; RAT; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78650592848     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2010007500128     Document Type: Article

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