A lesion detection observer study comparing 2-dimensional versus fully 3-dimensional whole-body PET imaging protocols

C Lartizien, PE Kinahan, C Comtat - Journal of nuclear medicine, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
We compared the impact of 2-dimensional (2D) and fully 3-dimensional (3D) acquisition
modes on the performance of human observers in detecting and localizing tumors in whole …

Evaluating image reconstruction methods for tumor detection in 3-dimensional whole-body PET oncology imaging

C Lartizien, PE Kinahan, R Swensson… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2003 - Soc Nuclear Med
We compare 3 image reconstruction algorithms for use in 3-dimensional (3D) whole-body
PET oncology imaging. We have previously shown that combining Fourier rebinning (FORE) …

Objective and subjective comparison of standard 2-D and fully 3-D reconstructed data on a PET/CT system

K Strobel, M Rüdy, V Treyer… - Nuclear medicine …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective The relative advantage of fully 3-D versus 2-D mode for whole-body imaging is
currently the focus of considerable expert debate. The nature of 3-D PET acquisition for FDG …

Comparison of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional acquisition for 18F-FDG PET oncology studies performed on an LSO-based scanner

MA Lodge, RD Badawi, R Gilbert… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
Three-dimensional (3D) PET acquisition has the potential to reduce image noise but the
advantage of 3D PET for studies outside the brain has not been well established. To …

Impact of acquisition geometry, image processing, and patient size on lesion detection in whole-body 18F-FDG PET

G El Fakhri, PA Santos, RD Badawi… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this work was to develop a rigorous evaluation methodology to assess
performance of different acquisition and processing methods for variable patient sizes in the …

Two-dimensional vs three-dimensional imaging in whole body oncologic PET/CT: a Discovery-STE phantom and patient study

V Bettinardi, P Mancosu, M Danna… - … Quarterly Journal of …, 2007 - search.proquest.com
AIM: To evaluate the performance of the positron emission tomography (PET)/computed
tomography (CT) Discovery-STE (D-STE) scanner for lesion detectability in two-dimensional …

Impact of acquisition geometry and patient habitus on lesion detectability in whole body FDG-PET: a channelized hotelling observer study

G El Fakhri, C Holdsworth, RD Badawi… - 2002 IEEE Nuclear …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Although 3D" septaless" imaging has been shown to have advantages over 2D imaging
under many conditions, it is not routinely used in the clinic in whole-body (WB) FDG-PET …

Clinical evaluation of 2D versus 3D whole-body PET image quality using a dedicated BGO PET scanner

D Visvikis, D Griffiths, DC Costa, J Bomanji… - European Journal of …, 2005 - Springer
Purpose Three-dimensional positron emission tomography (3D PET) results in higher
system sensitivity, with an associated increase in the detection of scatter and random …

Impact of patient weight and emission scan duration on PET/CT image quality and lesion detectability

BS Halpern, M Dahlbom, A Quon… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
This study was performed to prospectively evaluate fast PET/CT imaging protocols using
lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) detector technology and 3-dimensional (3D) image …

Performance evaluation of the new whole-body PET/CT scanner: Discovery ST

V Bettinardi, M Danna, A Savi, M Lecchi… - European journal of …, 2004 - Springer
Characterisation of the physical performance of the new integrated PET/CT system
Discovery ST (GE Medical Systems) has been performed following the NEMA NU 2-1994 (N …