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Optimisation of quantitative lung SPECT applied to mild COPD: a software phantom simulation study

BACKGROUND: The amount of inhomogeneities in a (99m)Tc Technegas single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) lung image, caused by reduced ventilation in lung regions affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is correlated to disease advancement. A quantitative analysis method...

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Autores principales: Norberg, Pernilla, Olsson, Anna, Alm Carlsson, Gudrun, Sandborg, Michael, Gustafsson, Agnetha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25853022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13550-015-0086-2