Registration and display of brain SPECT and MRI using external markers

Neuroradiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 108-114

  Pohjonen, H ^a   Nikkinen, P ^a   Sipila O ^b   Launes, J ^a   Salli, E ^b   Salonen, O ^a   Karp, P ^a   Yla Jaaski J ^c   Katila, T ^a,b   Liewendahl, K ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain single photon emission tomography; Image fusion; Multimodality imaging

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPILEPSY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 9044234401     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00604791     Document Type: Article

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