We review positron-emission tomography (PET), which has inherent advantages that avoid
the shortcomings of other nuclear medicine imaging methods. PET image reconstruction …

A number of exciting advances in PET/CT technology and improvements in methodology
have recently converged to enhance the feasibility of routine clinical quantification of …

The use of radiopharmaceuticals and the imaging of their biodistribution and kinetics with
modern instrumentation are key components to successful developments in PET. Clever …

Positron emission tomography is a medical imaging modality for producing 3D images of the
spatial distribution of biochemical tracers within the human body. The images are …

Image Processing with MATLAB: Applications in Medicine and Biology explains complex,
theory-laden topics in image processing through examples and MATLAB algorithms. It …

This report describes a strategy for measurement of regional CBF that rigorously accounts
for differing tracer partition coefficients and recirculation, and is convenient for use with …

Purpose Parametric analysis of 15 O-water positron emission tomography (PET) studies
allows determination of blood flow (BF), perfusable tissue fraction (PTF), and volume of …

Positron emission tomography (PET) pharmacokinetic analysis involves fitting of measured
PET data to a PET pharmacokinetic model. The fitted parameters may, however, suffer from …

The noise power spectrum (NPS) is a useful metric for understanding the noise content in
images. To examine some unique properties of the NPS of fan beam CT, the authors derived …

Tumor detection depends on the contrast between tumor activity and background activity
and on the image noise in these 2 regions. The lower the image noise, the easier the tumor …