Performance evaluation of a whole-body PET scanner using the NEMA protocol

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1614-1623

  Brix, Gunnar ^a   Zaers, Joachim ^a   Adam, Lars Eric ^a   Bellemann, Matthias E ^a   Ostertag, Hermann ^a   Trojan, Herbert ^a   Haberkorn, Uwe ^a   Doll, Josef ^a   Oberdorfer, Franz ^a   Lorenz, Walter J ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

NEMA protocol; PET

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 9844227354     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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