[HTML][HTML] Quantification, improvement, and harmonization of small lesion detection with state-of-the-art PET

CS van der Vos, D Koopman, S Rijnsdorp… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
In recent years, there have been multiple advances in positron emission
tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) that improve cancer imaging. The present …

Clinical validation of high-resolution image reconstruction algorithms in brain 18F-FDG-PET: effect of incorporating Gaussian filter, point spread function, and time-of …

A Nagaki, M Onoguchi… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Accurate estimation of radiopharmaceutical uptake in the brain is difficult
because of count statistics, low spatial resolution, and smoothing filter. The aim of this study …

Effect of time-of-flight technique on the diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET/CT for assessment of lymph node metastases in head and neck squamous cell …

CY Li, S Klohr, H Sadick, C Weiss… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
Precise assessment of lymph node metastases is critical to the treatment outcome and
overall survival of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The …

Tumor volume-adapted SUVN as an alternative to SUVpeak for quantification of small lesions in PET/CT imaging: a proof-of-concept study

MA Mosleh-Shirazi, Z Nasiri-Feshani… - Japanese Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose SUV peak is a recommended quantification metric except for small lesions. We
aimed to assess the averaged standard uptake value (SUV N) as an alternative to SUV peak …

Comparison of applied dose and image quality in staging CT of neuroendocrine tumor patients using standard filtered back projection and adaptive statistical iterative …

G Böning, M Schäfer, U Grupp, D Kaul, J Kahn… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate whether dose reduction via adaptive statistical iterative
reconstruction (ASIR) affects image quality and diagnostic accuracy in neuroendocrine …

Quantification and reduction of respiratory induced artifacts in positron emission tomography/computed tomography using the time-of-flight technique

R Sharifpour, P Ghafarian, A Rahmim… - Nuclear medicine …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of time-of-flight (TOF) on
quantification and reduction of respiratory artifacts. Patients and methods The National …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of using different reconstruction algorithms on sensitivity of quantitative 18F-FDG-PET volumetric measures to background activity variation

A Ketabi, P Ghafarian, MA Mosleh-Shirazi… - Iranian Journal of …, 2018 - irjnm.tums.ac.ir
Introduction: This study aims to investigate the influence of background activity variation on
image quantification in differently reconstructed PET/CT images. Methods: Measurements …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing scan time using time-of-flight protocol in clinical [18F] FDG-PET/CT imaging: A feasibility study

R Sharifpour, P Ghafarian… - Iranian Journal of …, 2023 - irjnm.tums.ac.ir
Introduction: This study evaluates scan time reduction using time-of-flight (TOF) PET, when
quantitative parameters including volumetric measures are considered. Methods: 32 …

18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake Level-Based Lymph Node Staging in Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Cancer-Role of Molecular Marker Expression on Diagnostic …

M Sadick, C Weiss, R Piniol, S Frey… - Oncology Research …, 2015 - karger.com
Background: A prospective study was performed to assess standard uptake value (SUV)-
level based 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed …

[HTML][HTML] Deep Learning Denoising Improves and Homogenizes Patient [18F]FDG PET Image Quality in Digital PET/CT

K Weyts, E Quak, I Licaj, R Ciappuccini, C Lasnon… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Given the constant pressure to increase patient throughput while respecting radiation
protection, global body PET image quality (IQ) is not satisfactory in all patients. We first …