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Transmission Scan

A scan to obtain data for use in making attenuation corrections.(Dr. Joseph A. Thie)
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Quantitative positron emission tomography (PET) imaging relies on accurate attenuation correction. Predicting attenuation values… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The introduction of positron emission/computed tomography (PET/CT) systems coupled with multidetector CT arrays has greatly… 
2002
2002
UNLABELLED This article assesses the resulting accuracies of 2 registration methods using the same multimodal mutual information… 
2002
2002
The aim of the present study was to determine the contribution of transmission measurements acquisition to total patient… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
BackgroundThe diagnostic accuracy of cardiac single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is limited by image-degrading… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Methods of quantitative emission computed tomography require compensation for linear photon attenuation. A current trend in… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The quantitative and visual interpretation of SPECT myocardial perfusion images is limited by physical factors such as photon… 
1986
1986
It is well known that scattered radiation in PET reduces the contrast in images. There is about the same fraction of scattered…