Evaluation of the combined effects of target size, respiratory motion and background activity on 3D and 4D PET/CT images

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3661-3679

  Park, Sang June ^a   Ionascu, Dan ^a   Killoran, Joseph ^a   Mamede, Marcelo ^a   Gerbaudo, Victor H ^a   Chin, Lee ^a   Berbeco, Ross ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAPS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TARGETS;

3D ATTENUATION MAP; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; ATTENUATION MAPS; COMBINED EFFECTS; CT SCANNING; ORGAN MOTION; PET IMAGING; PET SCANNING; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; SPHERICAL(PIVOT); TARGET DEFINITION; TARGET SIZE; TREATMENT SITES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BISMUTH; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACCURACY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MOTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47649097216     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/13/018     Document Type: Article

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