Attenuation correction in whole-body FDG oncological studies: The role of statistical reconstruction

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 591-598

  Lonneux, Max ^a   Borbath, Ivan ^a   Bol, Anne ^a   Coppens, Ann ^a   Sibomana, Mérence ^a   Bausart, Raymond ^a   Defrise, Michel ^b   Pauwels, Stanislas ^a   Michel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; FDG; OSEM reconstruction; Tumour imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GERMANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PELVIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0033061341     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050426     Document Type: Article

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