Open Journal of Medical Imaging
Vol.5 No.4(2015), Paper ID 61694, 11
pages
DOI:10.4236/ojmi.2015.54023
Feasibility of Improved Attenuation Correction for SPECT Reconstruction in the Presence of Dense Materials Using Dual-Energy Virtual Monochromatic CT: A Phantom Study
Sachiko Yamada, Takashi Ueguchi, Eku Shimosegawa, Koichi Fujino, Takeshi Shimazu, Kenya Murase, Jun Hatazawa
Department of Radiology, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Osaka, Japan
Department of Molecular Imaging in Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Department of Radiology, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Copyright © 2015 Sachiko Yamada, Takashi Ueguchi, Eku Shimosegawa, Koichi Fujino, Takeshi Shimazu, Kenya Murase, Jun Hatazawa et al. This is
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How to Cite this Article
Yamada, S. , Ueguchi, T. , Shimosegawa, E. , Fujino, K. , Shimazu, T. , Murase, K. and Hatazawa, J. (2015) Feasibility of Improved Attenuation Correction for SPECT Reconstruction in the Presence of Dense Materials Using Dual-Energy Virtual Monochromatic CT: A Phantom Study.
Open Journal of Medical Imaging,
5, 183-193. doi:
10.4236/ojmi.2015.54023.