Optimization of PET activation studies based on the SNR measured in the 3-D Hoff man brain phantom

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 596-605

  Li, Henry H ^a   Votaw, John R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Biological variation; Protocol; Signalto noise ratio (SNR); Three dimensional (3 D) positron emission tomography (PET) 3 D PET

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

HOFFMAN BRAIN PHANTOM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032129163     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.730404     Document Type: Article

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