Optimized technical considerations for acquiring high-quality FDG studies with a dual-headed gamma camera

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-247

  Sajdak, Rebecca ^a   Ariola Pienschke, Elaine ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coincidence imaging; Fluorine 18 FDG; Tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG HALF LIFE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032430510     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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