PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare detection, lesion conspicuity and reader confidence of F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG)-PET/MR and F-FDG-PET/computed tomography (CT) in patients with F-FDG avid bone metastases. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective study, a total of 30 PET/CT and PET/MRI data sets were performed in 24 patients. Each examination was evaluated for the presence of P...

Attenuation correction (AC) is essential for the generation of artifact-free and quantitatively accurate positron emission tomography (PET) images. PET AC based on computed (CT) frequently results in artifacts attenuation-corrected images, these mainly originate from CT PET-CT mismatches. The combined with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner (PET/MRI) more complex than PET/CT, given that...

PURPOSE We compared the accuracy of (18)F-Choline-PET/MRI with that of multiparametric MRI (mMRI), (18)F-Choline-PET/CT, (18)F-Fluoride-PET/CT, and contrast-enhanced CT (CeCT) in detecting relapse in patients with suspected relapse of prostate cancer (PC) after external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). We assessed the association between standard uptake value (SUV) and apparent diffusion coefficient (...

PURPOSE The impact of a new type of positron emission tomography (New PET) with semiconductor detectors using 18F-labeled fluoromisonidazole (FMISO)-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) was compared with a state-of-the-art PET/computed tomography (PET/CT) system in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) patients. METHODS AND MATERIALS Twenty-four patients with non-NPC malignant tumors (co...

BACKGROUND The use of integrated PET-MR offers new opportunities for comprehensive assessment of cardiac morphology and function. However, little is known on the quantitative accuracy of cardiac PET imaging with integrated time-of-flight PET-MR. The aim of the present work was to validate the GE Signa PET-MR scanner for quantitative cardiac PET perfusion imaging. Eleven patients (nine male; mea...

تأخیرهای طولانی در تکمیل واحدهای مسکونی، ناشی از عدم‌­تأمین منابع مالی کافی و به‌موقع یکی مشکلات سازندگان فرآیند تولید مسکن است؛ بنابراین پژوهش حاضر با توجه به چالش‌­هایی که مانع پیش‌فروش مؤثر مسکونی برای تأمین هستند، بر آن است تا ارائه مدلی اساس رویکرد پویایی­ سیستم، سیاست­‌های پیش‌­فروش را راستای مکفی به‌موقع، کاهش تأخیر تکمیل، هزینه فرصت ازدست‌رفته حصول توازن بین سود سازنده خریدار تعیین کند....

UNLABELLED Patients with pancreatic cancer continue to have a poor prognosis, with a 5-y survival rate of less than 5%. Surgery is the only treatment that offers a potential cure. Determining resectability is the principal goal of staging in pancreatic cancer patients. Our objective was to evaluate the value of combined contrast-enhanced (18)F-FDG PET/CT in assessing the resectability of pancre...

introduction: due to the large number of pet systems available in the market, it is not very easy to decide about the scanner of choice. conducting a research in order to compare all different pet scanners is very time consuming and expensive and practically impossible. however, such comparison may be conducted using pet simulators. in this study, the performance of 6 different pet scanners in ...