A statistical clustering approach to visualizing the relationship between early and delayed images in whole-body FDG-PET

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-150

  Oda, Keiichi ^a   Toyama, Hinako ^b   Mashima, Yasuoki ^c   Ishii, Kenji ^a   Kosaka, Toru ^d   Kimura, Yuichi ^a,e   Fukushi, Masahiro ^d   Ishiwata, Kiichi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c Tachikawa Medical Center   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Delayed scan; FDG; Positron emission tomography (PET); Tumor; Whole body

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 68449085668     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-009-0058-1     Document Type: Article

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