PET instrumentation and reconstruction algorithms in whole-body applications

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 756-769

  Tarantola, Gabriele ^a   Zito, Felicia ^a   Gerundini, Paolo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

PET instrumentation; PET physical performance; Reconstruction algorithms; Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE QUALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ALGORITHMS; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0037945455     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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