Clinical imaging characteristics of the positron emission mammography camera: PEM Flex Solo II

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1666-1675

  MacDonald, Lawrence ^a   Edwards, John ^a,b   Lewellen, Thomas ^a   Haseley, David ^b   Rogers, James ^b   Kinahan, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer imaging; Dedicated breast PET; Positron emission mammography (PEM)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY CAMERA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349644006     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.064345     Document Type: Article

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