Improved quantification in multiple-pinhole SPECT by anatomy-based reconstruction using microCT information

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-165

  Vanhove, Christian ^a,b   Defrise, Michel ^b   Bossuyt, Axel ^a,b   Lahoutte, Tony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anatomy based reconstruction; MicroCT information; Multiple pinhole SPECT

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79551511106     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1627-6     Document Type: Article

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