PET/CT imaging artifacts

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 156-161

  Sureshbabu, Waheeda ^a,b   Mawlawi, Osama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Excel Diagnostics Imaging Clinics   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Attenuation correction; PET CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; METAL IMPLANTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METHODOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644680150     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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