Brain imaging quality assurance: how to acquire the best brain images possible

BJ Grabher - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
Multiple factors affect image quality regardless of the organ being imaged. Every aspect of
an image protocol must be followed to ensure the highest image quality and to prevent …

Brain imaging techniques: improving the quality

RM Noble - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
Image quality is a factor of the utmost importance in nuclear medicine. Regardless of what
type of scan is being done, technologists should be diligent in how images are being …

A simple test to determine the quality of your clinical PET images

A Dobbeleir, H Ham, I Goethals, J Keppens… - Annals of nuclear …, 2010 - Springer
Objective The objective of the study was to present a simple method for comparing clinical
PET images to a set of increasing quality images. Those different quality images were …

[CITATION][C] Ethical clinical practice of functional brain imaging

Society of Nuclear Medicine Brain Imaging … - Journal of Nuclear …, 1996 - Soc Nuclear Med
The development and evolution of functional brain imaging technologies and their broad
application to a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders have led to their …

Objective image quality comparison between brain-dedicated PET and PET/CT scanners

MT Gandia-Ferrero, I Torres-Espallardo… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Springer
As part of a clinical validation of a new brain-dedicated PET system (CMB), image quality of
this scanner has been compared to that of a whole-body PET/CT scanner. To that goal …

Quality initiatives: blind spots at brain imaging

S Bahrami, CM Yim - Radiographics, 2009 - pubs.rsna.org
Radiologists face the daily challenge of analyzing and interpreting a high volume of images
in a timely manner. Minimizing errors, whether perceptual or cognitive in nature, is …

Imaging quality of F-18-FDG PET/CT in the inpatient versus outpatient setting

X Yan, J Kang, Y Zhou, R Ehsan, R Halkar… - Annals of nuclear …, 2013 - Springer
Objective The purpose of this study is to investigate potential differences in the image quality
of inpatient versus outpatient F-18-FDG PET/CT to provide evidence for appropriate policies …

What can be and what cannot be accomplished with PET: rectifying ongoing misconceptions

A Alavi, TJ Werner… - Clinical nuclear medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Since the introduction of FDG as the main PET radiotracer for imaging a variety of disorders,
a great deal of effort has been made to expand the domain of this novel technology by using …

Proposal for the standardisation of multi-centre trials in nuclear medicine imaging: prerequisites for a European 123I-FP-CIT SPECT database

JC Dickson, L Tossici-Bolt, T Sera, R de Nijs… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose Multi-centre trials are an important part of proving the efficacy of procedures, drugs
and interventions. Imaging components in such trials are becoming increasingly common; …

[PDF][PDF] Correction for image degrading factors is essential for accurate quantification of brain function using PET

H Zaidi, V Sossi, WR Hendee - Medical Physics-New York-Institute of …, 2004 - Citeseer
Quantification of brain function using positron emission tomography (PET) is an emerging
research field. For many years, interest inthe regional distribution of brain perfusion and …