Effect of Oral Contrast Agents on Computed Tomography-Based Positron Emission Tomography Attenuation Correction in Dual-Modality Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Imaging

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 784-789

  Antoch, Gerald ^a   Jentzen, Walter ^a   Freudenberg, Lutz S ^a   Stattaus, Jorg ^a   Mueller, Stefan P ^a   Debatin, Jorg F ^a   Bockisch, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Contrast agents; PET CT

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIATRIZOATE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; TRACER; WATER;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344845335     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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