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The Pinwheel Sign: Artifact from Head Rotation During SPECT Acquisition for Dopamine Transporter Imaging

Amy K. Janicek, Ryan J. Avery and Phillip H. Kuo
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology March 2014, 42 (1) 75-76; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.113.126078
Amy K. Janicek
1Department of Medical Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; and
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vol. 42 no. 1 75-76
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.113.126078
PubMed 
24480917

Published By 
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Print ISSN 
0091-4916
Online ISSN 
1535-5675
History 
  • Received for publication May 13, 2013
  • Accepted for publication October 10, 2013
  • Published online March 5, 2014.

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  1. Amy K. Janicek1,
  2. Ryan J. Avery1 and
  3. Phillip H. Kuo1,2
  1. 1Department of Medical Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; and
  2. 2Departments of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Phillip H. Kuo, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave, P.O. Box 245067, Tucson, AZ 85724-5067. E-mail: pkuo{at}radiology.arizona.edu
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