A practical, automated quality assurance method for measuring spatial resolution in PET

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1307-1314

  Lodge, Martin A ^a,c   Rahmim, Arman ^a   Wahl, Richard L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicenter trials; PET; Quality assurance; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; GERMANIUM 68; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MARYLAND; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 68249153258     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.060079     Document Type: Article

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