Respiratory-gated positron emission tomography and breath-hold computed tomography coupling to reduce the influence of respiratory motion: Methodology and feasibility

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-155

  Daouk, J ^a   Fin, L ^a   Bailly, P ^a   Meyer, M E ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Breath hold CT; Diagnosis; Oncology; PET CT; Respiratory gating

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SPHERES; TUMORS;

18-F-FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; AMPLITUDE ANALYSIS; ATTENUATION CORRECTIONS; AXIAL DIRECTIONS; BACKGROUND RATIOS; BLURRING EFFECTS; BREATH HOLDS; BREATH-HOLD CT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; CT IMAGES; FIGURES OF MERITS; FULL WIDTH AT HALF-MAXIMUM; IMAGE CONTRASTS; LIST MODES; MISREGISTRATION; MOTION ARTIFACTS; PATIENT DATUM; PEAK VALUES; PET-CT; PHANTOM STUDIES; POSITRON EMISSIONS; RECTILINEAR MOVEMENTS; RESPIRATORY GATING; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; RESPIRATORY SIGNALS; STANDARD UPTAKE VALUES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61449138067     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802627437     Document Type: Article

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