Semiautomatic volume of interest drawing for 18F-FDG image analysis - Method and preliminary results

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 393-406

  Green, A J ^a   Francis, R J ^b   Baig, S ^a   Begent, R H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

18F FDG; PET; Quantitative image analysis; Segmentation; Therapy monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAPECITABINE; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FUROSEMIDE; GEMCITABINE; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38349111994     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0602-3     Document Type: Article

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