FDG-PET standardized uptake values in normal anatomical structures using iterative reconstruction segmented attenuation correction and filtered back-projection

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-164

  Ramos, Celso D ^a,b,c   Erdi, Yusuf E ^a,b,c   Gonen, Mithat ^a,b,c   Riedel, Elyn ^a,b,c   Yeung, Henry W D ^a,b,c   Macapinlac, Homer A ^a,b,c   Chisin, Roland ^a,b,c   Larson, Steven M ^a,b,c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose; Iterative reconstruction; Normal structures; Positron emission tomography; Standardized uptake value

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035114719     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590000421     Document Type: Article

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