Partial volume effect estimation and correction in the aortic vascular wall in PET imaging

S Burg1, A Dupas, S Stute

  • 1APHP-Service de médecine nucléaire, Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, F-75018 Paris, France.

Summary

Partial volume effect (PVE) significantly impacts arterial disease assessment using (18)FDG PET scans. Geometric transfer matrix (GTM) correction offers reproducible wall-to-blood activity ratios, unaffected by aortic wall thickness.

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