PET-MR image fusion in soft tissue sarcoma: Accuracy, reliability and practicality of interactive point-based and automated mutual information techniques

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-62

  Somer, Edward J R ^a,c   Marsden, Paul K ^a   Benatar, Nigel A ^a   Goodey, Joanne ^b   O'Doherty, Michael J ^a   Smith, Michael A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; MR; PET; Registration; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TECHNIQUE;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0038121040     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-002-0994-z     Document Type: Article

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