Comparison of 2D and 3D performance for FDG PET with different acquisition times in oncological patients

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-24

  Komar, Gaber ^a   Teräs, Mika ^a   Seppänen, Marko ^a   Hirvonen, Jussi ^a   Vahlberg, Tero ^a   Bergman, Jörgen ^a   Minn, Heikki ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Positron emission tomography; Reconstruction; Three dimensional; Two dimensional

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

BODY MASS INDEX; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57749171815     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328315a22a     Document Type: Article

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