An inter-laboratory comparison study of image quality of PET scanners using the NEMA NU 2-2001 procedure for assessment of image quality

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2193-2207

  Bergmann, Helmar ^a   Dobrozemsky, Georg ^a   Minear, Gregory ^b   Nicoletti, Rudolf ^c   Samal, Martin ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Department of Internal Medicine II ^*  (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR CORRECTION; FEEDBACK; ONCOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCANNING; TUMORS;

CONTRAST QUALITY INDICES (CQI); INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION (IEC); NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (NEMA); PET SCANNERS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

FLUORINE 18;

AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CAMERA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ERROR; IMAGE QUALITY; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

AUSTRIA; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20044385108     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/10/001     Document Type: Review

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