Automatic and manual image fusion of 111Inpentetreotide SPECT and diagnostic CT in neuroendocrine tumor imaging - An evaluation

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 223-228

  Hedlund, Elisabeth ^a   Karlsson, Jan Erik ^a,b   Starck, Sven Åke ^c  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Hospital Physics Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Image fusion; Neuroendocrine tumors; Single photon emission computed tomography; Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; ORGAN; PATHOLOGY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951495076     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: 19983913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.71766     Document Type: Article

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