Simultaneous recovery of size and radioactivity concentration of small spheroids with PET data

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 118-130

  Chen, Chi Hsien ^b   Muzic Jr , Raymond F ^b   Nelson, A Dennis ^b   Adler, Lee P ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Model based optimization; Partial volume effect; PET; Small tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; TUMOR;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032920128     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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