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Improved Nuclear Medicine Uniformity Assessment with Noise Texture Analysis

Jeffrey S. Nelson, Olav I. Christianson, Beth A. Harkness, Mark T. Madsen, Eugene Mah, Stephen R. Thomas, Habib Zaidi and Ehsan Samei
Journal of Nuclear Medicine January 2014, 55 (1) 169-174; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.113.125450
Jeffrey S. Nelson
1Clinical Imaging Physics Group, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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Olav I. Christianson
1Clinical Imaging Physics Group, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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Beth A. Harkness
2Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital System, Detroit, Michigan
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Mark T. Madsen
3Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Eugene Mah
4Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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Stephen R. Thomas
5Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Habib Zaidi
6Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
7Geneva Neuroscience Center, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland
8Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; and
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Ehsan Samei
9Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories and Clinical Imaging Physics Group, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Departments of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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vol. 55 no. 1 169-174
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.113.125450
PubMed 
24212975

Published By 
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Print ISSN 
0161-5505
Online ISSN 
2159-662X
History 
  • Received for publication April 25, 2013
  • Accepted for publication September 24, 2013
  • Published online January 2, 2014.

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  1. Jeffrey S. Nelson1,
  2. Olav I. Christianson1,
  3. Beth A. Harkness2,
  4. Mark T. Madsen3,
  5. Eugene Mah4,
  6. Stephen R. Thomas5,
  7. Habib Zaidi6–8 and
  8. Ehsan Samei9
  1. 1Clinical Imaging Physics Group, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital System, Detroit, Michigan
  3. 3Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  4. 4Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
  5. 5Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
  6. 6Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
  7. 7Geneva Neuroscience Center, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland
  8. 8Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; and
  9. 9Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories and Clinical Imaging Physics Group, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Departments of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Jeffrey S. Nelson, 2424 Erwin Rd., Suite 302, DUMC 2731, Durham, NC 27710. E-mail: nelson.jeffrey{at}duke.edu
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