Photon attenuation in cardiac single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a
major factor contributing to the quantitative inaccuracy and the decrease in specificity of …

J Nuci Med 30: 497— 507, 1989 hile single photon emission computed tomogra phy
(SPECT) imaging has become a routine clinical procedure in nuclear medicine, the problem …

Simultaneous correction of nonuniform attenuation and detector response was implemented
in single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) image reconstruction. A ray …

Correction for internal γ-ray absorption is an important aspect in single photon emission
computed tomography. An algorithm has been developed to compensate for the effect of …

A methodis proposedto simultaneouslyrecordsinglephotonemission… transmission
tomographic (SPECT) studiesto producea mapof attenuationcoefficients (@@) for the body …

A reconstruction method for SPECT (single photon emission computerized tomography) that
uses the maximum likelihood (ML) criterion and an iterative expectation-maximization (EM) …

The implementation and evaluation of an analytical solution to the photon attenuation and
nonstationary resolution reconstruction problem in single photon emission computed …

This study investigates the general use of single-beam X-ray computed tomography (CT)
images for generating attenuation maps for compensation of photon attenuation in SPECT …

Attenuation is believed to be one of the major causes of false-positive cardiac single-photon
emission computed tomographic perfusion images. This article provides an introduction to …

A method for achieving quantitative single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
based upon corrections derived from x-ray computed tomography (CT) data is presented. A …