Comparison of alignment of computer-registered data sets: Combined PET/CT versus independent PET and CT of the thorax

Radiology

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 635-639

  Krishnasetty, Vikram ^a   Fischman, Alan J ^a   Halpern, Elkan L ^a   Aquino, Suzanne L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27144473297     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2372041719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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