The effect of photon absorption by breast tissue in myocardial imaging with thallium 201
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 54 (647) , 966-968
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-54-647-966
Abstract
The effect of overlying breast tissue on 201Tl imaging of the myocardium has been studied experimentally and in two patients in whom normal images were only obtained after moving the breast out of the field of view.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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