PET-CT scanner characterization for PET raw data use in biomedical research

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 358-368

  Gianoli, Chiara ^a,b   Riboldi, Marco ^b   Kurz, Christopher ^a   De Bernardi, Elisabetta ^c   Bauer, Julia ^a   Fontana, Giulia ^d   Ciocca, Mario ^e   Parodi, Katia ^a,f   Baroni, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d Terapia Medica dell'Universita   (Italy)

^e Fondazione CNAO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomedical imaging; Data interpretation; Dicom PET image; PET imaging; PET raw data

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; GEOMETRICAL INTERPRETATION; PET IMAGES; PET IMAGING; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

SCANNING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ION THERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PET-CT SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICES;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84902085313     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: 18790771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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