Standardised uptake values from PET/CT images: Comparison with conventional attenuation-corrected PET

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-412

  Souvatzoglou, M ^a   Ziegler, S I ^a   Martinez, M J ^a   Busch, R ^a   Dzewas, G ^a   Schwaiger, M ^a   Bengel, F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Positron emission tomography; Respiratory movement; Standardised uptake value; Treatment response evaluation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; BRAIN; CALCULATION; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOACTIVITY; SOFT TISSUE; SPLEEN; THORAX CANCER; VERTEBRA; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847111626     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0196-1     Document Type: Article

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