Software-based fusion of PET and CT images for suspected recurrent lung cancer

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-153

  Nakamoto, Yuji ^a,b   Senda, Michio ^b   Okada, Tomohisa ^a,b   Sakamoto, Setsu ^b,c   Saga, Tsuneo ^d   Higashi, Tatsuya ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; FDG; Lung cancer; PET; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43249127752     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-008-0131-x     Document Type: Article

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