Is the image quality of I-124-PET impaired by an automatic correction of prompt gammas?

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of I-124 PET images with and without prompt gamma compensation (PGC) by comparing the recovery coefficients (RC), the signal to noise ratios (SNR) and the contrast to F-18 and Ga-68. Furthermore, the influence of the PGC on the quantificat...

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Main Authors: Veronika Preylowski, Susanne Schlögl, Frédéric Schoenahl, Gerhard Jörg, Samuel Samnick, Andreas K Buck, Michael Lassmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3754939?pdf=render