Optimising the number of thermoluminescent dosimeters required for the measurement of effective dose for computed tomography attenuation correction data in SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging

Radiography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-47

  Tootell, Andrew K ^a   Szczepura, Katy R ^a   Hogg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myocardial perfusion imaging; Nuclear medicine; SPECT CT; Thermoluminescent dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HEART PERFUSION; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84872420044     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: 15322831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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