Parametric imaging: A promising approach for the evaluation of dynamic PET-18F-FDG studies - The DKFZ experience

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-22

  Dimitrakopoulou Strauss, Antonie ^a   Pan, Leyun ^a   Strauss, Ludwig G ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic PET; Feature extraction; Oncology; Parametric imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; KINETICS; PARAMETRIC TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951809386     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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