Quantification in Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) with planar detectors: contrast resolution measurements using a custom breast phantom and novel spherical hot-spots

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 3, 1999, Pages 2192-2196

  Murthy, K ^a,d   Jolly, D ^a,b   Aznar, M ^a,b,c   Thompson, C J ^a,b   Sciascia, P ^a,b,c   Loutfi, A ^a,b,c   Lisbona, R ^a,b   Gagnon, J H ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical Physics Unit

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DETECTORS; GLUCOSE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY;

CONTRAST RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; CUSTOM BREAST PHANTOM; FLUORODEOXY 2D GLUCOSE; FOCAL UPTAKE; PLANAR DETECTORS; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE HOT SPOTS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033339625     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.819303     Document Type: Article

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