PET-CT image co-registration in the thorax: Influence of respiration

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-360

  Goerres, Gerhard W ^a   Kamel, Ehab ^a   Heidelberg, Thai Nia H ^a   Schwitter, Michael R ^a   Burger, Cyrill ^a   Von Schulthess, Gustav K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artefact; Image fusion; PET CT; Physiology; Respiration

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CAMERA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; THORAX WALL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036208181     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-001-0710-4     Document Type: Article

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