Investigation of problems created in SPECT images by artifacts in the attenuation map and correction methods

This thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 presents the basic ideas of SPECT imaging. This chapter also explains the phenomenon of attenuation and shows how the attenuation effect affects SPECT imaging. Chapter 2 reviews various attenuation estimation methods and attenuation compensation me...

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Main Author: Chang, Zheng
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12413