title: Comparison of two interpolative background subtraction methods using phantom and clinical data.
abstract: Two interpolative background subtraction methods used in scintigraphy are tested using both phantom and clinical data. Cauchy integral subtraction was found to be relatively free of artefacts but required more computing time than bilinear interpolation. Both methods may be used with reasonable confidence for the quantification of relative measurements such as left ventricular ejection fraction and myocardial perfusion index but should be avoided if at all possible in the quantification of absolute measurements such as glomerular filtration rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport, Hants, UK.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Sampson
mesh_terms: D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D008961:Models, Structural; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013382:Subtraction Technique