A Partial Volume Effect Correction Tailored for 18F-FDG-PET Oncological Studies

We have developed, optimized, and validated a method for partial volume effect (PVE) correction of oncological lesions in positron emission tomography (PET) clinical studies, based on recovery coefficients (RC) and on PET measurements of lesion-to-background ratio (L/Bm) and of lesion metabolic volu...

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Main Authors: F. Gallivanone, C. Canevari, L. Gianolli, C. Salvatore, P. A. Della Rosa, M. C. Gilardi, I. Castiglioni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/780458