We generally process the data representing the distribution of radiopharmaceuticals with the help of computers. Computers are applied to achieve the following:

12.4.4.1 Enhancing Image Quality

When images are recorded directly to film, depending on the brightness setting of the oscilloscope, they may be over — or underexposed and that cannot be corrected afterward. On the contrary, digitized images allow the best possible contrast in any subarea to be selected by using different color or grayscale palettes.

Image filtering may be applied to suppress the noise and thus enhance the signal-to-noise ratio.