Recent advances in hybrid molecular imaging systems

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-122

  Lee, Jae Sung ^a   Kim, Joong Hyun ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

hybrid imaging; PET CT; PET MR; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR IMAGING SYSTEM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PET SCANNER; PET-MRI SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84898454503     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1371014     Document Type: Article

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