PET imaging with yttrium-86: Comparison of phantom measurements acquired with different PET scanners before and after applying background subtraction

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 716-720

  Buchholz, H G ^a   Herzog, H ^b   Forster G J ^a   Reber, H ^a   Nickel, O ^a   Rosch F ^c   Bartenstein, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BGO scanner; PET imaging; Phantom measurements; Yttrium 86

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM 86; YTTRIUM 90;

ACCURACY; AIR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; HALF LIFE TIME; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0038583768     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-002-1112-y     Document Type: Article

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