Influence of OSEM and segmented attenuation correction in the calculation of standardised uptake values for [18F]FDG PET

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1326-1335

  Visvikis, D ^a,b   Cheze LeRest, C ^a,b   Costa, D ^a,b   Bomanji, J ^a,b   Gacinovic, S ^a,b   Ell, P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Expectation Maximisation; Ordered Subsets; Segmented attenuation correction; Standardised Uptake Values

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DRUG TUMOR LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; STANDARDIZATION;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034885775     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590100566     Document Type: Article

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