A simple table lookup method for PET/CT partial volume correction using a point-spread function in diagnosing lymph node metastasis

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 585-591

  Sakaguchi, Yuichi ^a   Mizoguchi, Noriko ^b   Mitsumoto, Tatsuya ^a   Mitsumoto, Katsuhiko ^a   Himuro, Kazuhiko ^b   Ohya, Nobuyoshi ^b   Kaneko, Koichiro ^b   Baba, Shingo ^b   Abe, Koichiro ^b   Onizuka, Yoshihiko ^a   Sasaki, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; Partial volume effect; PET CT; Point spread function; Recovery coefficient

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149408116     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-010-0401-y     Document Type: Article

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