Effect of attenuation correction on lesion detection using a hybrid PET system

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-102

  Tocharoenchai, Chiraporn ^a   Tsui, Benjamin M W ^b   Frey, Eric C ^b   Wang, Wen Tung ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Hybrid PET; LROC study

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CAMERA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENERGY; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE;

EID: 20444463971     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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