A new PET scanner with semiconductor detectors enables better identification of intratumoral inhomogeneity

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-155

  Shiga, Tohru ^a   Morimoto, Yuichi ^b   Kubo, Naoki ^c   Katoh, Norio ^a   Katoh, Chietsugu ^c   Takeuchi, Wataru ^b   Usui, Reiko ^a   Hirata, Kenji ^a   Kojima, Shinichi ^b   Umegaki, Kikuo ^b   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Tamaki, Nagara ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intratumoral heterogeneity; Oncology; PET; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TECHNETIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIELD EMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BISMUTH; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GERMANIUM; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTORS; TELLURIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58249112745     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.054833     Document Type: Article

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