Investigation of 18F-FDG 3D mode PET image quality versus acquisition time

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-259

  Brown, Colin ^a   Dempsey, Mary Frances ^a   Gillen, Gerry ^a   Elliott, Alex T ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisition time; Image quality; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76749150013     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3283355c5d     Document Type: Article

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