Positron emission tomography/computed tomography-imaging protocols, artifacts, and pitfalls

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 188-199

  Bockisch, Andreas ^a   Beyer, Thomas ^a   Antoch, Gerald ^a   Freudenberg, Lutz S ^a   Kühl, Hilmar ^a   Debatin, Jörg F ^a   Müller, Stefan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Clinical protocols; PET CT

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE;

ARTIFACT; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METAL IMPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; TOOTH FILLING; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

EID: 3543053483     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mibio.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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