The role of quantitative 18F-FDG PET studies for the differentiation of benign and malignant
bone lesions is still an open question. Methods: Our evaluation included 83 patients with 37 …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate 18F-FDG PET studies of primary and recurrent
sarcomas for diagnosis and correlation with grading. Methods: The evaluation included 56 …

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the 6-[18F] fluoro-l-dopa (FDOPA) kinetics with
PET in patients with treated melanoma metastases and to compare it with the standard …

We evaluated quantitative measurement series (MS) with 18F-FDG and PET and compared
different quantification methods for prediction of individual survival in patients with metastatic …

An empirical stopping criterion for the 2D-maximum-likelihood expectation–maximization
(MLEM) iterative image reconstruction algorithm in positron emission tomography (PET) has …

25 patients with cancer of unknown primary (CUP) were studied using PET-FDG. Whole-
body-PET scans were performed based on previous morphological information. All patients …

Abstract Yu and Wang [1, 2] implemented the first theoretically exact spiral cone-beam
reconstruction algorithm developed by Katsevich [3, 4]. This algorithm requires a high …

Performance evaluation of principal component analysis (PCA) of dynamic F-18-FDG-PET
studies of patients with recurrent colorectal cancer. Principal component images (PCI) of 17 …

Purpose: The development, implementation and validation of simple, flexible and efficient
iterative image reconstruction (IIR) methods for their take-up in routine clinical positron …

Mammography is a high quality imaging technique for the detection of breast lesions, which
requires dedicated equipment and optimum operation. The design parameters of a …