Attenuation correction in cardiac PET/CT with three different CT protocols: A comparison with conventional PET

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1991-2000

  Souvatzoglou, Michael ^a   Bengel, Frank ^a   Busch, Raymonde ^a   Kruschke, Coletta ^a   Fernolendt, Helga ^a   Lee, Denise ^a   Schwaiger, Markus ^a   Nekolla, Stephan G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Breathing artefacts; Cardiac computed tomography; Combined PET CT; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GERMANIUM 68; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36749089938     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0492-4     Document Type: Article

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