DocumentCode
836280
Title
Diagnostic Merits of Current and Potential Applications of Single Photon and Positron Imaging - A Perspective
Author
Harper, Paul V.
Volume
26
Issue
1
fYear
1979
Firstpage
542
Lastpage
545
Abstract
A brief review of the limitations of medical radionuclide imaging techniques in competition with X-ray CAT scanning and ultrasound suggest that the emphasis in this area should be on measurement of the physiologic uptake of tracer materials. Tomography greatly improves the possibilities of quantitation of this uptake - examples using positron and single photon techniques are presented for 13NH3 and 201T1 in the heart.
Keywords
Area measurement; Biomedical imaging; Medical diagnostic imaging; Optical imaging; Positrons; Single photon emission computed tomography; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement; X-ray imaging; X-ray tomography;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1979.4329687
Filename
4329687
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