Anatomical accuracy of lesion localization: Retrospective interactive rigid image registration between18F-FDG-PET and X-ray CT

NuklearMedizin

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 149-155

  Nömayr, Anton ^a   Romer W ^a   Hothorn, T ^a   Pfahlberg, A ^a   Hornegger, J ^a   Bautz, W ^a   Kuweit, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; FDG; Image fusion; Image registration; PET

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IOPROMIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUODENUM CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NEOPLASM; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23944458626     PISSN: 00295566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1625102     Document Type: Article

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