Comparison of Gallium-68 and Fluorine-18 imaging characteristics in positron emission tomography

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-62

  Sanchez Crespo, Alejandro ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fluorine 18; Gallium 68; Image quantification; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RECOVERY; FLUORINE-18; IMAGE QUANTIFICATION; IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; SMALL ANIMAL PET SCANNERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

FLUORINE; GALLIUM;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORINE 18; GALLIUM 68;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PET SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878139630     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.06.034     Document Type: Article

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