Dual-modality PET/CT imaging: The effect of respiratory motion on combined image quality in clinical oncology

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 588-596

  Beyer, Thomas ^a   Antoch, Gerald ^a   Blodgett, Todd ^b   Freudenberg, Lutz F ^a   Akhurst, Tim ^c   Mueller, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual modality tomography; Oncology; PET CT imaging; Respiration protocols

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 0037655094     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-002-1097-6     Document Type: Article

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