Validation of postinjection transmission measurements for attenuation correction in neurological FDG-PET studies

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 128-136

  Hooper, Patrick K ^a   Meikle, Steven R ^a   Eberl, Stefan ^a   Fulham, Michael J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

attenuation correction; fluorine 18 flu orodeoxyglucose; neurology; PET; postinjection transmission

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0029932834     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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