Diagnostic accuracy of simultaneous acquisition of transmission and emission data with technetium-99m transmission source on thallium-201 myocardial SPECT.

Yoichi Ohyama,Seiji Tomiguchi,Tomohiro Kira,Mitsuko Kira,Akinori Tsuji,Akihiro Kojima,Masanori Matsumoto,Mutsumasa Takahashi,Yoshito Inobe,Hirofumi Yasue

Diagnostic accuracy of simultaneous acquisition of transmission and emission data with technetium-99m transmission source on thallium-201 myocardial SPECT.

2001

Yoichi Ohyama
Seiji Tomiguchi
Tomohiro Kira
Mitsuko Kira
Akinori Tsuji
Akihiro Kojima
Masanori Matsumoto
Mutsumasa Takahashi
Yoshito Inobe
Hirofumi Yasue

Purpose This study evaluates not only the clinical usefulness but also the problems in attenuation correction for thallium-201 (Tl-201) myocardial SPECT by means of simultaneous transmission and emission data acquisition in the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD).

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Radiology
Thallium
Transmission Computed Tomography
Coronary artery disease
Correction for attenuation
Maximum likelihood
Nuclear medicine
Technetium-99m
Transmission (mechanics)
Data acquisition
Medicine
CAD
diagnostic accuracy

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