Multisphere phantom and analysis algorithm for PET image quality assessment

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3267-3278

  Wilson, J M ^a   Turkington, T G ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPYING; FORESTRY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENTS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PIXELS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; BACKGROUND NOISES; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DETECTABILITY; IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT; LESION DETECTABILITY; PET IMAGING; PLACEMENT METHODS; QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; RADIOACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; REGION -OF-INTEREST; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBUST MEASUREMENT; SINGLE POINT; STATISTICAL POWER; TRANSAXIAL FIELDS;

SPHERES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOACTIVITY;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45949098213     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/12/013     Document Type: Article

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