Value of iterative reconstruction, attenuation correction, and image fusion in the interpretation of FDG PET images with an integrated dual-head coincidence camera and x-ray-based attenuation maps

Radiology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 163-171

  Delbeke, D ^a   Martin, W H ^a   Patton, J A ^a   Sandler, M P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0035137004     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.218.1.r01ja59163     Document Type: Article

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