Semiautomatic region-of-interest validation at the femur in 18F-fluoride PET/CT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 168-174

  Puri, Tanuj ^a,b   Blake, Glen M ^c   Curran, Kathleen M ^b   Carr, Hamish ^d   Moore, Amelia E B ^c   Colgan, Niall ^b,e   O'Connell, Martin J ^f   Marsden, Paul K ^a   Fogelman, Ignac ^c   Frost, Michelle L ^c  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

18 F PET CT; Bone; Femur; Region of interest; Validation

Indexed keywords

18F FLUORIDE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METABOLISM; BONE TURNOVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; HIP; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871022578     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.111.100107     Document Type: Article

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