Parameterizing Image Quality of TOF versus Non-TOF PET as a Function of Body Size

<p>Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging exam of metabolic processes in the body. Radiotracers, which consist of positron emitting radioisotopes and a molecular probe, are introduced into the body, emitted radiation is detected, and tomographic images are...

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Main Author: Wilson, Joshua Mark
Other Authors: Turkington, Timothy G
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/3815