A clinical protocol for attenuation and scatter correction of thallium-201 and Sestamibi myocardial perfusion SPECT images

Photon attenuation and scatter in myocardial perfusion SPECT are major sources of diagnostic uncertainty because they affect both the qualitative and quantitive characteristics of patient images. Recent studies have demonstrated improved performance in the diagnostic accuracy of Sestamibi myocardial...

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Main Author: Case, James Arthur
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1999
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9958859