<The >effects of weight and injected dose in the liver’s Signal-to-Noise Ratio in patients submitted to PET/CT scans

The quality of the image of 18F-FDG PET/CT scans in overweight patients is commonly degraded. This study evaluates, retrospectively, the relation between SNR, weight and dose injected in 65 patients, with a range of weights from 35 to 120 kg, with scans performed using the Biograph mCT using a stand...

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Main Author: Duarte, Diogo Teixeira da Silva (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Tomografia por emissão de positrões
Tomografia computorizada
Controlo da qualidade
Peso corporal
Dosimetria
Razão sinal-ruído
Fígado
Ciências Médicas
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/14491
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:comum.rcaap.pt:10400.26/14491

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/14491

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