Performance evaluation of a new dedicated breast PET scanner using NEMA NU4-2008 standards

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1198-1203

  Miyake, Kanae K ^a   Matsumoto, Keiichi ^b   Inoue, Mika ^a   Nakamoto, Yuji ^a   Kanao, Shotaro ^a   Oishi, Tae ^a   Kawase, Shigeto ^a   Kitamura, Keishi ^c   Yamakawa, Yoshiyuki ^c   Akazawa, Ayako ^c   Kobayashi, Tetsuya ^c   Ohi, Junichi ^c   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dedicated breast PET; NEMA; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEDICATED BREAST PET SCANNER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION NU4 2008 STANDARD; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PET SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY PET; ANIMAL; BREAST; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAT; SCINTISCANNING; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; BREAST; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RATS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84904129504     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.113.131565     Document Type: Article

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