[PDF][PDF] Multiple line source array for SPECT transmission scans: simulation, phantom and patient studies

A Celler, A Sitek, E Stoub, P Hawman… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1998 - Soc Nuclear Med
Conclusion: Our resultsindicatethat the MLA transmissionsource can be used in
simultaneous transmission/emission imaging to generate accurate attenuation maps. These …

[PDF][PDF] Half-fanbeam collimators combined with scanning point sources for simultaneous emission-transmission imaging

FJ Beekman, C Kamphuis, BF Hutton… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1998 - Soc Nuclear Med
One type of SPECT system often used for simultaneous emissiontransmission tomography
isequipped with parallel-hole collimators, moving line sources (MLS) and electronic …

[PDF][PDF] Significance of nonuniform attenuation correction in quantitative brain SPECT imaging

N Rajeevan, IG Zubal, SQ Ramsby… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1998 - Soc Nuclear Med
Departments ofDiagnostic Radiology and Psychiatry, Yale University School ofMedicine,
New Haven; and Veterans Affairs Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut map are first …

The potential for mixed multiplexed and non-multiplexed data to improve the reconstruction quality of a multi-slit–slat collimator SPECT system

ST Mahmood, K Erlandsson, I Cullum… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Multiplexing is a way of increasing the sensitivity in a multi-slit–slat SPECT system by
allowing the overlap of projections from neighboring apertures. The fundamental objective of …

[PDF][PDF] Improved SPECT using simultaneous emission and transmission tomography

DL Bailey, BF Hutton, PJ Walker - Journal of nuclear medicine, 1987 - Soc Nuclear Med
A methodis proposedto simultaneouslyrecordsinglephotonemission… transmission
tomographic (SPECT) studiesto producea mapof attenuationcoefficients (@@) for the body …

Derivation of system matrix from simulation data for an animal SPECT with slit-slat collimator

R Yao, T Ma, Y Shao - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We developed SPECT imaging capability on an animal PET system. Our goal was to provide
animal PET users the SPECT capability at a low cost and facilitate potential PET/SPECT …

[PDF][PDF] Scatter and attenuation correction for brain SPECT using attenuation distributions inferred from a head atlas

RZ Stodilka, BJ Kemp, FS Prato, A Kertesz… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2000 - Soc Nuclear Med
Department ofNuclear Medicine and Magnetic Resonance, and Department ofNeurology, St.
Joseph †sHealth Center; Lawson Research Institute, London; Department ofNuclear …

Problems created in attenuation-corrected SPECT images by artifacts in attenuation maps: a simulation study

A Celler, KL Dixon, Z Chang, S Blinder… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
The importance of accurate attenuation correction, especially for imaging of the thorax
region, is widely acknowledged. Appropriate compensation methods have been developed …

Quantitative gated SPECT

G Germano, DS Berman - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2001 - Soc Nuclear Med
Although one of the stated goals of this article was validating left ventricular ejection fraction
(LVEF) and volume determinations by quantitative gated SPECT (QGS) against an MRI …

Long focal length, asymmetric fan beam collimation for transmission acquisition with a triple camera SPECT system

DR Gilland, H Wang, RE Coleman… - IEEE Transactions on …, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A system design for fast sequential SPECT/transmission CT on a three-headed SPECT
camera is evaluated using Monte Carlo simulation. A long focal length (114 cm) asymmetric …