Comparison of clinical performance between image enhancement methods for evaluation of interval changes in successive bone scans

HJ Yoon, TS Kim, SK Kim, C Jeong, K Kim - 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
2037 Objectives Cancer patients are followed up with whole-body bone scans (WBBS)
many times. The incoherent image quality of each WBBS makes it difficult and time …

Comparison of image enhancement methods for the effective diagnosis in successive whole-body bone scans

CB Jeong, KG Kim, TS Kim, SK Kim - Journal of digital imaging, 2011 - Springer
Whole-body bone scan is one of the most frequent diagnostic procedures in nuclear
medicine. Especially, it plays a significant role in important procedures such as the …

Development of a computer‐aided diagnostic scheme for detection of interval changes in successive whole‐body bone scans

J Shiraishi, Q Li, D Appelbaum, Y Pu, K Doi - Medical physics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Bone scintigraphy is the most frequent examination among various diagnostic nuclear
medicine procedures. It is a well‐established imaging modality for the diagnosis of osseous …

Usefulness of temporal subtraction images for identification of interval changes in successive whole-body bone scans: JAFROC analysis of radiologists' performance

J Shiraishi, D Appelbaum, Y Pu, Q Li, L Pesce, K Doi - Academic radiology, 2007 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the usefulness of temporal subtraction
images obtained from two successive whole-body bone scans, in terms of improvement in …

Automated method for temporal subtraction images in assisting radiologists to assess interval changes in successive whole-body bone scans

J Shiraishi, D Appelbaum, Y Pu, R Engelmann, Q Li… - 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
716 Learning Objectives: 1. To understand a new method for producing temporal subtraction
images with a nonlinear image-warping technique. 2. To experience temporal subtraction …

Clinical utility of temporal subtraction bone scintigraphy with computer aided diagnosis

D Appelbaum, Y Pu, J Shiraishi, Q Li, Y Nie, K Doi - 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
1428 Objectives: Bone scintigraphy is a well-established imaging modality for monitoring
osseous tumor response to chemotherapy and radiation therapy. However, detecting and …

Evaluation of image enhancement software as a method of performing half-count bone scans

AJ Krom, F Wickham, ML Hall… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Reducing the radiation dose and scanning time of diagnostic tests is often desirable. One
method uses image enhancement software such as Pixon, which processes lower-count …

[CITATION][C] A Successful Approach to a Computer-aided Diagnostic Study-An Example for the Detection of Interval Changes in Successive Whole-body Bone Scans

J Shiraishi - 日本放射線技術学会雑誌, 2007 - jglobal.jst.go.jp
A Successful Approach to a Computer-aided Diagnostic Study-An Example for the
Detection of Interval Changes in Successive Whole-body Bone Scans- | Article Information …

Preliminary assessment of image quality, comparing 2 acquisition speeds in whole body bone scan in a last generation gamma camera and new processing software

C Garcia, M Tondeur - 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
1197 Aim: To prospectively evaluate the quality of images comparing standard acquisition
speed with increased acquisition speed in whole body bone scan (WBS) using a 870DR® …

[HTML][HTML] Improving technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate bone scan images using histogram specification technique

A Pandey, P Sharma, A Sharma, A Negi… - World Journal of …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
In this study, we have proposed and validated that histogram of a good-quality bone scan
image can enhance a poor-quality bone scan image. The histograms of two good-quality …