Wide beam reconstruction for half-dose or half-time cardiac gated SPECT acquisitions: Optimization of resources and reduction in radiation exposure

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 499-508

  Marcassa, Claudio ^a   Campini, Riccardo ^a   Zoccarato, Orazio ^a   Calza, Paolo ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Filtered backprojection; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; Reconstruction algorithms; SPECT; Wide beam reconstruction

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHANTOM; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RATING SCALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUMMED REST SCORE; SUMMED STRESS SCORE; WIDE BEAM RECONSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79953731139     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1654-3     Document Type: Article

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