Performance comparisons of planar and volumetric observers for lesion detection in PET scanning

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5034, Issue , 2003, Pages 89-99

  Kim, Jae Seung ^a   Kinahan, Paul E ^a   Lartizien, Carole ^b   Comtat, Claude ^c   Lewellen, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CERMEP IMAGERIE DU VIVANT   (France)

^c SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

Author keywords

Comparisons of observer performance; Human and model observers; Planar and volumetric observers; Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE VOLUME;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0041858106     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480329     Document Type: Conference Paper

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