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Quantitative Cardiac SPECT Imaging

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Nuclear cardiac imaging is a typical example that image quantitation has an important role in data interpretation and patient diagnosis. Reproducible and reliable image quantitation relies on robust techniques and well-designed computational algorithms. This in great part related to computer technology and various image-processing tools. However, the principal motivation for computer analysis is to evaluate an attribute of the image as a metric in an algorithmic manner, independent of observer bias or variability [1].

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