Optimal CT breathing protocol for combined thoracic PET/CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1357-1360

  Gilman, Matthew D ^a,b   Fischman, Alan J ^a   Krishnasetty, Vikram ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Aquino, Suzanne L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted; CT; Image analysis; Image reconstruction; PET CT; Positron emission

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RESPIRATION; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 33750339683     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1427     Document Type: Article

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