Correction for crosstalk contaminations in dual radionuclide 99mTc and 123I images using artificial neural network

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 II, 2004, Pages 2649-2653

  Zheng, Xiao Ming ^a   Zubal, I G ^b   Seibyl, J P ^c   King, M A ^d  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Inst for Neurodeg Disorders   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network (ANN); Crosstalk contamination; Dual radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTOSENSITIVE GLASS; RADIOISOTOPES;

CROSSTALK CONTAMINATIONS; DUAL RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; PHOTOPEAK WINDOWS;

CROSSTALK;

EID: 8344290564     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.834826     Document Type: Article

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