Optimized dose regimen for whole-body FDG-PET imaging
Optimized dose regimen for whole-body FDG-PET imaging
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The European Association of Nuclear Medicine procedure guidelines for whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (FDG-PET) scanning prescribe a dose proportional to the patient’s body mass. However, clinical practice shows degraded image quality in obese patients indicating that using an FDG dose proportional to body m...
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Optimized dose regimen for whole-body FDG-PET imaging
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3751692
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3751692
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2191-219X
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2191-219X
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10.1186/2191-219X-3-63
