In Neuro Oncol (2015) 17 (6): 784-800. doi:10.1093/neuonc/nou322
Apart from the described biological ambiguities of ADC changes, methodical concerns such as standardization of measurement parameters, artifact minimization, and improvement of spatial resolution still remain unresolved.
Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance published …
read moreNormally, sinogram parameters p and $\varphi$ in a normal ring with crystals spaced $\Delta\varphi$ appart depend solely on crystal indices $i$ and $j$. Assuming the crystals are labelled from 0 to N-1 circumferrentially, ignoring for …
read moreTo get a consistent picture, it is best to allow singles to contain all hits down to level 4 (that is, crystal level). Then, adding a block size smoothing of 0.8375 matches the response of the measured BGO-BGO data to the response of the simulated data …
read moreThis brief experience description is intended to serve as an introduction to the code written by Tyler and colleagues at UW that evaluates scans of ACR phantom with intention to harmonize different scanners.
This is described in the …
read moreFrom 2014 PET/MR conference, a nice review of potential difficulties in PET/MR interference
read moreMore precisely, the PET detectors ideally have to be unaffected by the strong static magnetic B0 and gradient fields as well as the electromagnetic (EM) radio-frequency (RF) field (B1) of …
read moreThe precise mechanism by which alterations in these cellular processes with cancer treatment lead to changes in 18F-FDG uptake is incompletely understood and may be different for different tumor types and different treatments.
Visual assessment, the easiest method, is subjective and not suitable for clinical trials …
Connected 4 channels to LeCroy WaveRunner 6200 A, use LL as the trigger, sum of 4 channels. Histogram Level@X on the SUM(F3), store histograms. The following is the table of pairs of PMT blocks and associated spectra stored on the scope.
PMT R01 F4spectrum00003.txt …
read moreList of hardware components required to assemble the PET probe setup as used at University of Michigan 2008-2013.
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