Absolute quantification in SPECT

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Ritt, Philipp ^a   Vija, Hans ^b   Hornegger, Joachim ^a   Kuwert, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute quantification; Dosimetry; Hybrid imaging; Quantification; SPECT; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79957945615     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-011-1770-8     Document Type: Review

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