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Dose planning with spect
Author(s) -
Ljungberg Michael,
Strand SvenErik
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910410716
Subject(s) - single photon emission computed tomography , nuclear medicine , radiation treatment planning , emission computed tomography , radionuclide , medicine , medical physics , spect imaging , radionuclide therapy , positron emission tomography , radiology , physics , radiation therapy , quantum mechanics
In nuclear medicine imaging, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is used with increasing frequency for studies of different organs. A new approach is to use quantitative SPECT for dose planning in radionuclide therapy. Important parameters to estimate dose planning are described here.