Improving quantitative dosimetry in 177Lu-DOTATATE SPECT by energy window-based scatter corrections

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 522-533

  De Nijs, Robin ^a   Lagerburg, Vera ^b,c   Klausen, Thomas L ^a   Holm, Søren ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparison; Dosimetry; DOTATATE; Energy windows; Scatter correction; SPECT

Indexed keywords

LUTETIUM 177; (177LUTETIUM-DOTA(O)TYR3)OCTREOTATE; OCTREOTIDE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EFFECTIVE SCATTER SOURCE ESTIMATION; ENERGY; HUMAN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LOW ENERGY GENERAL PURPOSE; LOW ENERGY HIGH RESOLUTION; MEDIUM ENERGY GENERAL PURPOSE; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DIAGNOSTIC USE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRY;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OCTREOTIDE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84897576814     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0000000000000079     Document Type: Article

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