Attenuation correction for myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging: Still a controversial issue

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1887-1889

  Cuocolo, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY;

ARTIFACTS; CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING;

EID: 80455174646     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-011-1898-6     Document Type: Review

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