Optimization of the relative acquisition duration for PET/CT imaging in oncology

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 2910-2914

  Camey, Jonathan P J ^a   Watson, Charles C ^b   Townsend, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CPS Innovations   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DOSIMETERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; ONCOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; COUNT RATES; IMAGING TIMES; MULTIPLE LAYERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844542884     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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