Title :
Diagnostic Merits of Current and Potential Applications of Single Photon and Positron Imaging - A Perspective
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;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1979.4329687
