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Volume and activity quantitation in SPECT

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Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine and MRI

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 128))

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This chapter reviews some of the factors which influence the quantitation of volume and activity with SPECT imaging. For volume quantitation we first compare seven methods of volume quantitation, and then illustrate the bias caused to the measurement of volume by the blurring of the objects inherent in imaging. For activity quantitation, we discuss the influence of attenuation, scatter, and spatial resolution on the accuracy of activity estimation.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Johan H. C. Reiber

  2. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Ernst E. Van Der Wall

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King, M.A., Long, D.T. (1992). Volume and activity quantitation in SPECT. In: Reiber, J.H.C., Van Der Wall, E.E. (eds) Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine and MRI. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 128. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2666-3_3

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