Digital image fusion of CT and PET data sets - Clinical value in abdominal/pelvic malignancies

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 644-647

  Schaffler, Gottfried J ^a   Groell, Reinhard ^a   Schoellnast, Helmut ^a   Kriegl, Doris ^a   Ruppert Kohlmaier, Andrea ^a   Schwarz, Thomas ^a   Aigner, Reingard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

2 18F Fluoro 2 deoxy D glucose; Abdomen, anatomy; Emission computed tomography (PET); Pelvis, anatomy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

2-[18F]FLUORO-2-DEOXY-D-GLUCOSE; ABDOMEN, ANATOMY; CLINICAL VALUE; DATA SET; DIGITAL IMAGE; DIGITAL WORKSTATIONS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY); FLUORO 2 DEOXY D GLUCOSE; PELVIS, ANATOMY;

IMAGE FUSION;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; METASTASIS; PELVIS CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT CANCER;

EID: 0034468906     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200007000-00024     Document Type: Article

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