Quantitative Analysis in Nuclear Medicine Imaging examines fundamental concepts of quantitative image analysis techniques as they are applied in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine using conventional instrumentation and dual-modality imaging devices.

Quantitative Analysis in Nuclear Medicine Imaging offers a complete and balanced review of the subject, presenting a broad scope and coverage of quantitative analysis of nuclear medicine imaging, which is of growing importance for both clinical and research applications.

Contents

1. Overview of Nuclear Medical Imaging: Physics and Instrumentation
2. Dual-Modality Imaging: More Than the Sum of its Parts
3. Analytic Image Reconstruction Methods
4. Iterative Image Reconstruction Methods
5. Collimator-Detector Response Compensation in SPECT
6. Attenuation Correction Strategies in Emission Tomography
7. Scatter Correction Strategies in Emission Tomography
8. Correction of Partial Volume Effects in Emission Tomography
9. Image Registration Techniques in Nuclear Medicine Imaging
10. Image Segmentation Techniques in Nuclear Medicine Imaging
11. Monte Carlo Modeling in Nuclear Medicine Imaging
12. Tracer Kinetic Modeling in Nuclear Medicine: Theory and Applications
13. Methods for Planar Image Quantification
14. Quantitative Analysis in Functional Brain Imaging
15. Quantitative Analysis in Nuclear Myocardial SPECT Imaging
16. Quantitative Analysis in Nuclear Oncologic Imaging
17. Quantitative Imaging-Based Dosimetry and Treatment Planning in Radionuclide Therapy

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