Effects of attenuation map accuracy on attenuation-corrected micro-SPECT images

EJNMMI Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Wu, Chao ^a,b   van Andel, Hugo A Gratama ^b,c   Laverman, Peter ^d   Boerman, Otto C ^d   Beekman, Freek J ^a,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MILabs BV   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; CT; Misregistration; Molecular imaging; Quantification; Small animal; SPECT

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 111; IODINE 125; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RAT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 84875302907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2191219X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-219X-3-7     Document Type: Article

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