A tumor detection observer study comparing 2D versus 3D whole-body PET imaging protocols

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Lartizien, C ^a   Kinahan, P E ^b   Comtat, C ^a   Swensson, R ^b   Bendriem, B ^c   Lin, M ^b   Heller, M ^b   Chander, S ^b   Trebossen R ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CTI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TUMORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ANTHROPOMORHIC PHANTOM; HUMAN OBSERVERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034593613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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