Influence of statistical fluctuation on reproducibility and accuracy of SUVmax and SUVpeak: a phantom study

…, T Nishio, A Ohnishi, A Maebatake… - Journal of nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
Standardized uptake values (SUVs) have been widely used in the diagnosis of malignant
tumors and in clinical trials of tumor therapies as semiquantitative metrics of tumor 18 F-FDG …

The edge artifact in the point-spread function-based PET reconstruction at different sphere-to-background ratios of radioactivity

…, Y Tsutsui, T Takeshita, A Maebatake… - Annals of nuclear …, 2016 - Springer
Objective The aim of this study was to quantitatively evaluate the edge artifacts in PET
images reconstructed using the point-spread function (PSF) algorithm at different sphere-to-…

An anthropomorphic phantom study of brain dopamine transporter SPECT images obtained using different SPECT/CT devices and collimators

A Maebatake, M Sato, R Kagami… - Journal of nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in dopamine transporter SPECT images
among different SPECT/CT devices and to determine the most appropriate region of interest (…

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of iterative reconstruction method and attenuation correction in brain dopamine transporter spect using an anthropomorphic striatal phantom

A Maebatake, A Imamura, Y Kodera… - Asia Oceania Journal …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective (s): The aim of this study was to determine the optimal reconstruction parameters
for iterative reconstruction in different devices and collimators for dopamine transporter (DaT) …

The influence of respiratory motion on the cumulative SUV-volume histogram and fractal analyses of intratumoral heterogeneity in PET/CT imaging

…, Y Tsutsui, D Kidera, S Mikasa, A Maebatake… - Annals of nuclear …, 2016 - Springer
Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of respiratory motion on
the evaluation of the intratumoral heterogeneity of FDG uptake using cumulative SUV-…

Harmonization of Standardized Uptake Value among Different Generation PET/CT Cameras Based on a Phantom Experiment-Utility of SUV (peak)

…, A Ohnishi, Y Ikari, T Nishio, A Maebatake… - … Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi, 2015 - europepmc.org
Standardized uptake value (SUV) has been widely used as a semi-quantitative metric of
uptake in FDGPET/CT for diagnosis of malignant tumors and evaluation of tumor therapies. …

Relationship between the image quality and noise-equivalent count in time-of-flight positron emission tomography

A Maebatake, G Akamatsu, K Miwa, Y Tsutsui… - Annals of nuclear …, 2016 - Springer
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the NEC and
TOF-PET image quality. Methods The National Electrical Manufactures Association and …

Verification of image quality and quantification in whole-body positron emission tomography with continuous bed motion

H Yamamoto, S Takemoto, A Maebatake… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2019 - Springer
Objective Whole-body dynamic imaging using positron emission tomography (PET) facilitates
the quantification of tracer kinetics. It is potentially valuable for the differential diagnosis of …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the reconstruction parameters of brain dopamine transporter SPECT images obtained by a fan beam collimator: a comparison with parallel-hole …

K Morita, A Maebatake, R Iwasaki… - Asia Oceania Journal …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective (s): The purpose of this study was to examine the optimal reconstruction parameters
for brain dopamine transporter SPECT images obtained with a fan beam collimator and …

Evaluation of brain dopamine transporter SPECT images using iterative reconstruction and attenuation correction

A Maebatake, A Imamura, Y Kodera, K Himuro… - 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
2514 Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the optimal reconstruction parameters
for brain dopamine transporter SPECT images using iterative reconstruction with …