Title :
Reduction in variability of clinical lesion quantification with TOF-PET imaging
Author :
Perkins, Amy E. ; Daube-Witherspoon, Margaret E. ; Surti, Suleman ; Clementel, Enrico ; Karp, Joel S.
Author_Institution :
Philips Healthcare, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
fDate :
Oct. 30 2010-Nov. 6 2010
Abstract :
Reduction in variability of clinical lesion quantification with TOF-PET imaging is reported. Realistic patient situation which includes data processing and image reconstruction is shown. For these initial measurements, the relative improvement in variability with TOF ranges from 3-5 in the liver. By blurring the timing information of the data, it is shown that the variability improves with improved timing resolution of the data.
Keywords :
data analysis; image reconstruction; liver; medical image processing; positron emission tomography; tumours; TOF-PET imaging; clinical lesion quantification; data processing; image reconstruction; liver; Humans; Lesions; Liver; Lungs; Positron emission tomography; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9106-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874494
