Evaluation of quantitative imaging methods for organ activity and residence time estimation using a population of phantoms having realistic variations in anatomy and uptake

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 612-619

  He, Bin ^a   Du, Yong ^a   Segars, W Paul ^a   Wahl, Richard L ^a   Sgouros, George ^a   Jacene, Heather ^a   Frey, Eric C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute quantitation; Phantom population; Quantitative SPECT; Radioimmunotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERRORS; PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCESSING; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS;

ABSOLUTE QUANTITATION; ACQUISITION PROTOCOLS; COLLIMATOR-DETECTOR RESPONSE; MODEL-BASED COMPENSATION; NURBS-BASED CARDIAC TORSOS; QUANTITATIVE SPECT; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN; IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN IN 111; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; ERROR; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOACTIVITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 59249108535     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3063156     Document Type: Article

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