PET technology: Current trends and future developments

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 923, 2004, Pages 906-910

  Visvikis, D ^a   Cheze Le Rest, C ^a,b   Jarritt, P ^c  

^a CHU MORVAN   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; CESIUM 137; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; GERMANIUM; LANTHANUM; LIGAND; LUTETIUM; NITROGEN 13; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTIFACT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYSTAL; CYCLOTRON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 10044234916     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/32045866     Document Type: Note

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