Respiratory gating for 3-dimensional PET of the thorax: feasibility and initial results.

2004227 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Luc Boucher · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke

Abstract

Respiratory gating of PET of the thorax and upper abdomen is a practical and feasible approach that may improve the detection of small pulmonary nodules. Further work is planned to assess prospectively the diagnostic accuracy of this new method.

Topics & Keywords

Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PubMed

Volume 45, Issue 2, pp. 214-9

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