Quantitative Analysis in Nuclear Medicine Imaging

This book provides a review of image analysis techniques as they are applied in the field of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine. Driven in part by the remarkable sophistication of nuclear medicine instrumentation and - crease in computing power and its ready and inexpensive availability, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Zaidi, Habib (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed. 2006
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of Nuclear Medical Imaging: Physics and Instrumentation
  • Dual-Modality Imaging: More Than the Sum of its Components
  • Analytic Image Reconstruction Methods in Emission Computed Tomography
  • Iterative Reconstruction Methods
  • Collimator-Detector Response Compensation in SPECT
  • Attenuation Correction Strategies in Emission Tomography
  • Scatter Correction Strategies in Emission Tomography
  • Correction for Partial Volume Effects in Emission Tomography
  • Image Registration Techniques in Nuclear Medicine Imaging
  • Image Segmentation Techniques in Nuclear Medicine Imaging
  • Monte Carlo Modeling in Nuclear Medicine Imaging
  • Tracer Kinetic Modeling in Nuclear Medicine: Theory and Applications
  • Methods for Planar Image Quantification
  • Quantitative Analysis in Functional Brain Imaging
  • Quantitative Analysis in Myocardial SPECT Imaging
  • Quantitative Analysis in Nuclear Oncologic Imaging
  • Quantitative Imaging-Based Dosimetry and Treatment Planning in Radionuclide Therapy
  • Summary