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M K Loken

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A perspective on the usefulness of computers in nuclear medicine.

A computer system in clinical nuclear medicine has a wide variety of operations which it can perform. These range from simple data acquisition and tabulation to elaborate temporal and spatial reconstructions. Simultaneous recording of physiological data has also expanded the number of nuclear medical studies possible. The multiple-gated cardiac equilibrium analysis is the primary example of this format which has evolved rapidly with the availability of inexpensive central memory. Decreasing size and cost of processor units recently have led to the development of multiple processor systems. In some cases, the peripheral devices have a microprocessor already built in. The total cost of the computer system is essentially dictated by the number of peripheral devices.

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Evaluation of right subphrenic fluid collections with emission computed tomography: an experimental study.

An animal model to study subphrenic fluid collections is presented. Performance of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for detection of subphrenic fluid collections was compared to that of liver-lung scintigraphy and transmission computed tomography (TCT). TCT detected a water volume of 25 ml in the right subphrenic space. This volume was barely seen using SPECT and not detectable on scintigraphy. Differences in performance of the three imaging modalities are discussed.

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