2007
Impact of Acquisition Geometry, Image Processing, and Patient Size on Lesion Detection in Whole-Body 18F-FDG PET
Fakhri G, Santos P, Badawi R, Holdsworth C, Van Den Abbeele A, Kijewski M. Impact of Acquisition Geometry, Image Processing, and Patient Size on Lesion Detection in Whole-Body 18F-FDG PET. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2007, 48: 1951-1960. PMID: 18006613, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.007369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttenuation-weighted OSEMOrdered-subset expectation maximizationNoise equivalent countPhantom sizeBed positionCho SNRPatient sizeFourier rebinningAttenuation mapPET scannerLesion detectionMarginal detectionTransmission scanWhole-body (18)F-FDG PETAttenuation correctionWhole-body 18F-FDG PETHotelling observerScaling 2DSinogramReconstructed volumeDetection SNRPhantomSystematic improvementFBPScattering
2002
Impact of Acquisition Geometry and Patient Habitus on Lesion Detectability in Whole-Body FDG-PET: A Channelized Hotelling Observer Study
Fakhri G, Holdsworth C, Badawi R, Santos P, Moore S, Van den Abbeele A, Kijewski M. Impact of Acquisition Geometry and Patient Habitus on Lesion Detectability in Whole-Body FDG-PET: A Channelized Hotelling Observer Study. 2002, 3: 1402-1405. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2002.1239583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBed positionChannelized Hotelling observer studyFDG-PET studiesAttenuation mapAcquisition modeMarginal detectionFDG-PETLesion detectionWhole-body FDG-PETHotelling observerScaling 2DTypical sizePatient sizeHours post-injectionPatient habitusAnatomical backgroundWhole bodyLesion sizeObservational studyPatientsLesionsLesion siteModePost-injectionAcquisition geometry