Fusion of respiration-correlated PET and CT scans: Correlated lung tumour motion in anatomical and functional scans

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1569-1583

  Wolthaus, J W H ^a   Van Herk, M ^a   Muller, S H ^a   Belderbos, J S A ^a   Lebesque, J V ^a   De Bois, J A ^a   Rossi, M M ^a   Damen, E M F ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; BONE; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TUMORS;

BREATHING SIGNALS; IMAGE ARTEFACTS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) SCANNING; TUMOR MOTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOMETER;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17144425761     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/7/017     Document Type: Article

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