Impact of attenuation correction on the accuracy of FDG-PET in patients with abdominal tumors: A free-response ROC analysis

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1365-1371

  Hustinx, Roland ^a   Dolin, Ron J ^a   Benard, Fran�ois ^a   Bhatnagar, Anish ^a   Chakraborty, Dev ^a   Smith, Robin J ^a   Jang, Sunyoung ^a   Alavi, Abass ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography; ROC analysis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTESTINE CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PERITONEUM CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033851808     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590000287     Document Type: Article

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