Biases affecting the measurements of tumor-to-background activity ratio in PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2112-2118

  Soret, M ^a   Riddell, C ^a   Hapdey, S ^a   Buvat, I ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Measurement; Partial volume effect; Positron emission tomography (PET); Standardized uptake value; Tumor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOM; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE; TUMOR-TO-BACKGROUND ACTIVITY RATIO;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036816122     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.803687     Document Type: Article

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