Weighted summation of oxygen-15-water PET data to increase signal-to- noise ratio for activation studies

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 334-340

  Andersson, Jesper L R ^a   Schneider, Harald ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

activation study; PET; signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 15;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 0031053258     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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