PET/CT imaging of lung cancer

JF Bruzzi, RF Munden - Journal of thoracic imaging, 2006 - journals.lww.com
… /CT is limited by poor edge definition of the tumor on the PET images, misregistration
secondary to respiratory motion, the use of data filters, the diffusion range of positrons in the lung, …

A modern review of the uncertainties in volumetric imaging of respiratory‐induced target motion in lung radiotherapy

I Vergalasova, J Cai - Medical physics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… As previously established, the functional information derived from PET imaging is crucial
in delineating target volumes for lung radiotherapy. The current standard of care involves …

Attenuation correction of PET images with respiration-averaged CT images in PET/CT

T Pan, O Mawlawi, SA Nehmeh, YE Erdi… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
… area of air in the lungs than the PET data, rendering insufficient AC of the PET data in the
lower … Recording was made with strain gauge monitoring respiratory motion around waist at …

Computer-assisted quantification of lung tumors in respiratory gated PET/CT images: phantom study

J Wang, M Del Valle, M Goryawala, JM Franquiz… - Medical & biological …, 2010 - Springer
motion information to gate the PET images. AZ-773V system (by Anzai Medical Co., Japan)
employs a strain gauge sensor to detect the mechanical expansion of the thoracic cavity …

Motion artifacts in oncological and cardiac PET imaging

J Dinges, SG Nekolla, RA Bundschuh - PET clinics, 2013 - pet.theclinics.com
… This motion extent can have remarkable effects on PET images. … Of course, misalignment
of PET and CT has been reported in lung imaging since the introduction of hybrid scanners. …

A novel method for respiratory motion gated with geometric sensitivity of the scanner in 3D PET

J He, GJ O'Keefe, SJ Gong, G Jones… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… correction for motion artifacts in PET imaging can … motion, spirometer signal for lung motion,
or signal from a laser position tracking system. Frames at same phases of respiratory motion

Prone position [18F]FDG PET/CT to reduce respiratory motion artefacts in the evaluation of lung nodules

HJ Lee, HJ Son, M Yun, JW Moon, YN Kim, JY Woo… - European …, 2021 - Springer
… activity caused by respiratory motion during PET image acquisition, and the second is mis-registration
because of nodule location difference between CT and PET images, leading to an …

Geographic miss of lung tumours due to respiratory motion: a comparison of 3D vs 4D PET/CT defined target volumes

J Callahan, T Kron, S Siva, N Simoens, A Edgar… - Radiation …, 2014 - Springer
… When defining target volumes for lung cancer the information obtained from the two imaging
modalities provides complementary information about both tumour morphology (CT) and …

Dual-modality PET/CT imaging: the effect of respiratory motion on combined image quality in clinical oncology

T Beyer, G Antoch, T Blodgett, LF Freudenberg… - … and molecular imaging, 2003 - Springer
… the boundary between the liver and the lungs appeared smooth in all views (Fig. 2a). The CT
… seen in the corrected PET images (Fig. 4b) was less than on the corresponding CT images. …

Motion estimation and correction in SPECT, PET and CT

AZ Kyme, RR Fulton - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
motion problem in medical imaging and to critically review published methods for estimating
and correcting for the relevant motion fields in clinical and preclinical SPECT, PET … and lung