Accuracy of 3-dimensional reconstruction algorithms for the high-resolution research tomograph

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-80

  Van Velden, Floris H P ^a   Kloet, Reina W ^a   Van Berckel, Bart N M ^a   Lammertsma, Adriaan A ^a   Boellaard, Ronald ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain PET; High resolution research tomograph; Image reconstruction

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL C 11; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; GRAY MATTER; HIGH RESOLUTION RESEARCH TOMOGRAPH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLUMAZENIL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58249094860     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.052985     Document Type: Article

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