Reproducibility of semi-quantitative parameters in FDG-PET using two different PET scanners: Influence of attenuation correction method and examination interval

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 162-166

  Kamibayashi, Tomohito ^a   Tsuchida, Tatsuro ^a   Demura, Yoshiki ^a   Tsujikawa, Tetsuya ^a   Okazawa, Hidehiko ^a   Kudoh, Takashi ^a   Kimura, Hirohiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung tumor; PET; PET CT; Reproducibility; Standardized uptake value

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 43249122826     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-008-0132-9     Document Type: Article

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